The 1976 book To the Harbor Light by longtime Gazette editor Henry Beetle Hough drew its title from his daily early morning walks to the Edgartown...

No more teachers, no more books. It’s the anthem of June for elementary and high school students who are counting the days until school lets out...

In my home, on a white shelf in the living room is a framed page of the Vineyard Gazette from 1989 announcing this old house’s 300th birthday. The...

Here we go again, another summer and another move. Anxiety rising. Having bad dreams. Sleep interrupted. Soon I must find a place to live. Must make...

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When my wife Cathlin and I were married the ceremony was part tradition and part theatre. The wedding was held at Judson Church in New York city....

Not long ago West Tisbury was described, using a line from the Oliver Goldsmith poem, as “the fairest village of the plain.” But with the addition...

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Letters to the Editor

Reading the Gazette is usually a fun, relaxing and informative experience for me. But today we find a letter from Nick van Nes who suggests that the...

Now that Bad Martha’s Brewery has opened on-Island, how long will it be before we see other iterations and takeoffs of Mad Martha’s? I predict that...

This letter is directed to your readers who may be cruising in Edgartown harbor this summer and wondering what has happened to the iconic flag that...

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