Language has power. In every culture the language the people developed described their world in ways that were recognizable to them, but do not...
I saw you anchored In summer Just on the edge Outside the shoal Still shallow Off Shear Pen Pond
I’m back in Seattle’s fall but still dreaming of summer boat crossings. Every dream involves the drama of whether or not I will be able “to make...
November Blooms No doubt encouraged by the mild late fall weather, flowers are still blooming around the Island. Stray purple asters pop up in...
Calling Comcast: Service for All, Please Comcast reported another good quarter this month, announcing a 4.7 per cent increase in profits on...
From Gazette editions of November, 1961: The Foote Memorial Shelter of the Mass. MSPCA at Edgartown needed extra pages for its guest book over...
As an abutter to the proposed bridge at Squibnocket, I would ask that the town and all interested parties slow the approval/permitting process to...
At our annual town meeting Chilmarkers will be asked to support a proposed solution to parking and access issues at Squibnocket beach.
To the MVC: Please vote against the enormous expansion of the Stop & Shop store in Vineyard Haven. While I recognize that the store needs to be...
Vineyard Chowder From the May 8, 1936 edition of the Vineyard Gazette:
One of the reasons for visiting the Island of Martha’s Vineyard is to discover Vineyard chowder. There is a story, handed down from the remote past, that a real clam chowder is the gift of Martha’s Vineyard to the rest of the world. But only on the Island can all the satisfaction of the original be enjoyed.
