An edited selection of nature writings from the year.
From the Dec. 25, 1959 edition of the Vineyard Gazette:
The Christmas baskets have become a habit.
On Christmas Eve, as always, St. Nick was in the sky, And looking down on land and sea with his most practiced eye, To search for landing venues for...
Salt marshes are superheroes. Our coastal wetlands store flood water, absorb carbon dioxide and filter pollutants.
In the face of a global environmental crisis, last Friday the Martha’s Vineyard Commission adopted emergency climate resolutions after Phil Duffy,...
On Saturday Sept. 7, I went to the Edgartown Post Office as I do almost daily.
In June 2018 I witnessed a close call when a car almost struck a child crossing the street on his bike west bound on the Edgartown-West Tisbury road...
On August 23 our A Long Swim Team made the first attempt, ever, to swim from Nantucket to Martha’s Vineyard.
From the Oct. 2, 1942 edition of the Vineyard Gazette:
Although the Vineyard joined with New Bedford in mourning the departure of the old whaleship Charles W. Morgan from Round Hills to her new and probably permanent berth at Mystic, Conn., the present aspect of the ancient ship should serve to cheer both places in view of the splendid job that has been done in securing her, and in the promising start that has been made toward her restoration.
