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To many of the summer residents of Martha’s Vineyard, Union Chapel services have become as much a part of their lives as the Vineyard itself. Each...
Just a few issues back, this column carried the biographical sketch of Joseph West of Chilmark, who is a deaf mute. This present article contains a...
This is the story of one who has lived always in the eternal silence, nearly three-quarters of a century without ever hearing the sound of human...
A quantity of customs house records, all that can be found of the invaluable files of the former Edgartown customs house, have been acquired by the...
That the world’s lone heath hen, Martha’s Vineyard’s most famous resident, was still alive September 13, is vouched for by Dr. John A.
A few years ago a newspaper cartoonist, who was portraying the childhood beginnings of many noted figures in American life, depicted William M....
At various times in recent years the name of Captain Isaac C. Norton has figured in print. The captain is one of those remarkable characters who...
Public attention is continually drawn to the Martha’s Vineyard Hospital, the only public institution of its kind in the county.
The first powwow to be held on Gay Head since the days of King Philip took place in that town last night, and the flavor and spirit of those ancient...
The sale of the Uncatena comes as no great surprise. She has not been needed for some time, even as an extra boat, and the sight of her at her berth...
In the list of Vineyardisms offered by H. Franklin Norton in an article published in the Gazette some months ago, there appeared “as proud as a Cuffy...
Bequest to the Dukes County Historical Society by Miss Ethelinda Mayhew of the historic Squire Cooke house which was her home in Edgartown, became...