Martha’s Vineyard Commission’s Lesson With the dust still settling from the Edgartown special town meeting this week, the next task at hand is for...
A Scrooge No More From Art Railton’s Just a Thought, of December 16, 1988: About this time each December I begin to wonder: Is Christmas worth...
My son Hardy and I have been fighting about clothes. It is December and the weather has turned much colder but he refuses to wear anything warm. He...
On the Side of Angels Lights, please. Every year Linus van Pelt asks for a spotlight and steps right in to quote the gospel of Luke and remind...
Tuesday Vote in Edgartown Special town meetings in December are often lackluster affairs; most of the time a town considers itself lucky if a deep...
Imaginary Lines Editors, Vineyard Gazette:
I remember a saying: Don’t eat oysters in months without an “r” in them. And the Reader’s Digest Family Health Guide/Medical Encyclopedia, copyright...
This letter is to thank my many amazing friends and the Martha’s Vineyard community for their ongoing help and support before and after my beloved...
Editor’s Note: Donald Mitchell, a lifelong Vineyarder, died last week at the age of 87. The following letter from him arrived at the Gazette office...
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.
