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I hate shopping. It is the endless wandering about stores trying to make sensible decisions. It’s why one year I gave hard, cold cash for Christmas.
Come Dasher and Dancer, Prancer and Vixen, Comet and Cupid, and Donner and Blitzen...
Okay, it is time to panic if the reindeer are coming. We...
Tis the season for Christmas Bird Counts. Flip Harrington and I have just returned from Georgia where we participated in the St. Catherine’s Island...
JetBlue Airways, the low-cost airline with a reputation for quality customer service, announced on Thursday morning that it will begin daily...
With Christmas just around the corner, I have been thinking cherries.
Dear Heather:
I was thinking about you the other day so I thought I’d write you a quick note.
The first word that always comes to mind when I...
I am disturbed, and I am old — almost three quarters of a century. What’s disturbing is not my oldness — I don’t feel that most days. It’s our U.S...
Dick Jennings works for The Trustees of Reservations on Chappaquiddick. He is their natural history guide there and he seasonally leads tours that...
L ongevity is in Rose Treat’s genes. Her Polish grand mother lived to be 104.
On Dec. 7, 2010, Rose Treat celebrated her 102nd birthday surrounded...
FISHERMEN’S FIGHT
Editors, Vineyard Gazette:
First, I would like to clarify that I am not a lawyer; though my education is in insurance law,...
Martha’s Vineyard Commission’s Lesson
With the dust still settling from the Edgartown special town meeting this week, the next task at hand is for...
Young Wrappers
The Martha’s Vineyard Ecumenical Youth Group will be providing Christmas gift wrapping on Saturday, Dec. 18, from noon to 3 p.m. at...