From the April 19, 1985 edition by Richard Reston:
Opinion
READING MY FATHER : A Memoir. By Alexandra Styron. Scribner, New York, N.Y. April 2011. 285 pages, photographs. $25 hardcover. Could Tolstoy have...
Climate change is complicated; sea level rise is not. We live on an Island — a glorified sandbar — and the sea is closing in on us. It is rising...
Beyond War Editors, Vineyard Gazette: A question was recently sent to the Martha’s Vineyard Peace Council: “Are there going to be any more...
Susan Desmarais recently retired as a Vineyard outreach worker. As a social worker, she is cognizant of privacy issues regarding confidentiality of...
A Night to Remember
Word Play Fis-SIP-par-ous — adj. Tending to break up into parts, divisive. It’s often depressing to read about the world outside our own lovely...
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Letters to the Editor
I have been following news stories about Stop & Shop’s efforts to build a new, larger store in their current Five Corners Vineyard Haven location...
The members of Dukes County are being denied medical coverage on the Island of Martha’s Vineyard due to an oversight of MassHealth politicians.
Once again, I’ve been reminded how lucky we are to live in such a caring and compassionate place. After suffering a bad fall at my Chilmark home, a...