From the Nov. 30, 1979 edition of the Vineyard Gazette: The north end of Tisbury’s Main street will change dramatically this winter, ending the era of the town five-and-ten-cent store when fistfuls of candy were bought for a penny and household trinkets were bagged for two-bits.
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The wildflowers have been muted in this year of weather extremes — dry, dry spring followed by a midsummer drenched with intermittent showers.
Within recent memory, West Tisbury, Edgartown, Oak Bluffs and Chilmark have all added event rooms to their libraries. Now Vineyard Haven hopes to do...
When school closed in March of 2020, those of us who work in schools entered an educational landscape that challenged us to our core as educators.
From the July 17, 1962 edition of the Gazette:
Fifty one years ago I returned to my family’s home in Chilmark after spending a year fighting in the Vietnam war.
We were so excited for this visit. Like so many, we suffered from the isolation of the past year, missing the little people we love the most.
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The Martha’s Vineyard Playhouse was defaced recently.
On July 1, I suffered a traumatic injury at my home in Edgartown.
People can speak for themselves but the land cannot talk. In 2020 I wrote a book, In Praise of Protected Lands And Special Places On Martha’s...