Information, Please Some fifteen-hundred Vineyarders soon will find themselves with virtually useless medical insurance. These are people on low...
Aquaculture Stimulus We have seen the future and this is it: American oysters, bay scallops, blue mussels, quahaugs and softshell clams, thriving...
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This week, our sophomore writers have a lot to say and much of it is about MCAS, though they still have an eye on that outside world and one thing...
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A man waiting for coffee behind me the other day at the Scottish Bakehouse was wearing a navy pinstripe double-breasted suit and recently shined...
Earth Day 2009 When Earth Day began, few people had heard of Chernobyl or Bhopal. Instead of cell phones, we had a cold war. Nelson Mandela was in...
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There is a nice pond in my backyard garden on Centre street. When I preface the word “pond” with “goldfish“ your mind and eye make an instant...
“We’re All Done Now” From Gazette editions of April, 1984: When Jeff Norton stands up in front of town meeting, something happens. It’s hard to...
DEMOCRACY IN ACTION Editors, Vineyard Gazette: I’d like to thank all the Tisbury voters who attended two long nights of annual town meeting. Town...
O n April 14, the residents of Tisbury will be asked to vote on the sale of beer and wine in our town. The real question that most of us are...
In the past several weeks, comments in Island news papers have questioned the necessity of the Martha’s Vineyard Commission or whether Vineyard town...
Super Tuesday Notes On Tuesday night voters will gather in four of the six Vineyard towns to conduct their annual town meetings. Town meetings are...

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