Opinion

Big Gifts, Little Fanfare

Philanthropy takes many forms on the Vineyard, from spontaneous fundraisers to help Islanders in crisis to sophisticated campaigns to address an...

8:09 pm, June 18, 2015
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Still Burning the Torch for Dad

Rick Herrick

I grew up in Toronto, Canada. One day the fire trucks came to my house. It was every little boy’s dream. Well almost.

5:06 pm, June 18, 2015
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Fearing the Dark but Not Turning Away

Roseline Glazer

Maxine Kumin, the poet, died a little more than a year ago and left behind a collection of poetry that any of us can sit down and read.

5:05 pm, June 18, 2015
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Comfortable in Her Own Fur

Nancy Slonim Aronie

My cat and I gained the same amount of weight this winter. It looks better on her, plus she doesn’t have to think about getting into a bathing suit...

5:00 pm, June 18, 2015
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Looking Back to Move Forward, and Giving Thanks Along the Way

Charlotte Potter

Graduating class, as we move forward and our lives scatter in different directions we will be trying to create our own identities in a new world and...

4:58 pm, June 18, 2015
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True Measure of Success Begins With Character and Bravery 101

Samantha Potter

This is probably the last time we will be together as a class for a while, and that got me thinking: what does it mean to the class of 2015?

4:52 pm, June 18, 2015
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Letters to the Editor

Letters to the Editor

Turning 20

This has been an incredible year for Featherstone Center for the Arts.

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Letters to the Editor

Mill Pond Marker

To highlight the importance of Mill Pond, we are planning the installation of a marker on a boulder.

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Letters to the Editor

Vote Sept. 8

The League of Women Voters of Martha’s Vineyard held a forum on August 17 for candidates.

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Gazette Chronicle

Six More Weeks

From the February 5, 1943 edition of the Vineyard Gazette:

Although Groundhog Day brought some slight variation in the weather program, the celebrated woodchuck experienced no difficulty in seeing his shadow, and this, if the ancient belief can be credited, winter is by no means over. Groundhog, or Candlemas, Day, is supposed to mark mid-winter, when the older people would check their winter stores to see if there remained,

“Half of the meant and half of they hay,” and watch the weather for the portents in which they believed. For, as they said: