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Editor’s Note: The following piece by Polly Woollcott Murphy was published in the Gazette on Dec. 2, 1983. Mrs. Murphy, who began writing for the...
Living and raising a family on Martha’s Vineyard for the last 11 years has provided me with a broad knowledge of local charitable organizations,...
A Last Relic
From Gazette editions of November, 1959:
T he rich are different from you and me,” Scott Fitzgerald once said to Ernest Hemingway. “Yes,” Ernest replied, “they have more money.”
Scott...
PAYING TOO MUCH
Editors, Vineyard Gazette:
On Tuesday the town of Tisbury voted to give the Island Housing Trust, a private, nonprofit land...
Stray Blooms
Bring Back The Game
Ag Fair Is Best in Show
The Martha’s Vineyard Agricultural Society won four awards including the Best of Show honor at the 2009 Massachusetts...
For 60 years the late Massachusetts Sen. Edward Kennedy championed many liberal causes, from immigration reform to civil rights, but he regarded...
Tisbury Flu Vaccinations
Tisbury School students will get H1N1 flu vaccinations today. A clinic took place at the Edgartown School yesterday....
The knock-on effects of the financial crisis continue to manifest themselves in diverse and unforeseen ways. This week they paralyzed the board of...
Oak Bluffs selectmen unanimously approved an application to alter the premises over Danny Quinn’s Pub, allowing Mark Wallace to move forward with...