The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) is the oldest and largest United States grassroots based civil rights...
Sometime around Christmas a letter appeared in the Gazette from a “lapsed Methodist.” I’ve thought of it on and off for the past few months as I...
KEEP HOSPICE SEPARATE Editors, Vineyard Gazette: I am not surprised to hear that the Vineyard Nursing Association is adding Medicare hospice...
Angels of the Morning Why does the Vineyard Nursing Association want to get into the hospice business, when there is already a hospice on the...
Scallops in the White House Dear Mr. President: We read in The New York Times last week about your first state dinner, and we loved the kitchen...
How Old Are You? From a February, 1991 Just a Thought column by Art Railton: You’re getting old if you can remember when: You came to the...
Trail of Lawsuits Moshup Trail is an ancient place, named for the legendary giant of the Wampanoags, the indigenous people of the Vineyard. Its...
John Thayer
Even when the snow flies and there is a bitter cold blast of wind from the north, when icicles hang from the roofs, Island workshops are busy. At...
Ice Bound From the Gazette editions of February, 1934:
GEOGRAPHY AND STRIPED BASS Editors, Vineyard Gazette: When considering the current state of the striped bass fishery, it is interesting to note...
Winter Break If you are the parent of a Vineyard school child, chances are you won’t be reading this because you are gone.
Jobless Island How many Islanders are out of work? No one knows for certain, but we know the numbers are rising to near record levels, mirroring...

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