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We’re getting close to D-Day now. A couple of days away. You can tell. These big C47s, these transport planes, were out on the airstrip. And all of a...
The password for that drop was George Washington. If you heard a rustling and you didn’t know who was there you would say “George,” and if you...
They were Islanders and they served their country in World War II, in all branches of the armed forces, men and women, most of them barely beyond...
Since 1965, Stan Hart and I have been neighbors on Abel’s Hill, coming together for countless hours of socializing, beach time, conversation — and...
With Memorial Day ap proaching, I am recalling a visit to Viet Nam last fall on which two U.S. Navy veterans of the war in Viet Nam were among my...
An Island to Call Home
From a 1985 Gazette article by Janet Bosworth:
One stormy night in May 1888, the schooner Onrust in ballast, bound from...
Editor’s Note: Some stories just have to be written down. Such is the case with Edo Potter’s story of life at Pimpneymouse Farm on Chappaquiddick...
BAIT AND SWITCH
Editors, Vineyard Gazette:
On May 10, 2010, National Grid filed its request with the Massachusetts Department of Public Utilities...
Editor’s Note: Allan Manings, an Emmy-winning television writer who was a summer resident of Edgartown, died May 12 in Los Angeles at the age of...
Memorial Day 2010
Seen by the side of the road in North Tisbury this week: a photographer in jeans and a T-shirt training his long lens deep into...
Best Supporting Actress
Sixteen-year-old Jessica Carlson, of New York and Chilmark, received the Best Supporting Actress Award last month from...
Last weekend, seven families moved into their new homes on Eliakims Way at 250 State Road in West Tisbury. The eighth home, built by Habitat for...