Opinion

Canvassing

From the Vineyard Gazette editions of Nov. 1966: In a letter to Gov. Volpe this week, Rep. Benjamin C. Mayhew Jr. of the Vineyard made clear his...

7:15 pm, November 1, 2012
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Editorials

Final Draft

For the past nine months the Chilmark planning board has been working diligently on the question of how and whether to regulate very large houses in...

7:47 pm, October 25, 2012
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Editorials

World Class Pursuits

As Islanders late this week kept a close eye on Hurricane Sandy moving up the East Coast with a possible fury, a small group of world-class speed...

7:45 pm, October 25, 2012
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Commentary

Washashore Chronicles: Gizmo Love Leads to Looking Lost

Arnie Reisman

You’d think with all the technology taking over our lives we would understand more about our surroundings and stumble over them less. But since we...

7:39 pm, October 25, 2012
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Commentary

Shoe Leather and a Smile, Getting Out the Vote, One Door at a Time

Tom Dresser

This past Saturday my wife Joyce and I flew to Ohio to spend a few days campaigning for President Obama. Our friends Tom and Lynn King had agreed to...

7:37 pm, October 25, 2012
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Commentary

In Politics, Like Life, Every Voice Counts

Mary Breslauer

As I write this from afar, I can picture the long tables in the Chilmark Community Center, the town clerk’s volunteers overseeing voter check-in and...