The King and Us From Gazette editions of June, 1985: The Queen Elizabeth 2, one of the largest cruise ships in the world, dropped anchor a mile...
The other day while mowing the lawn I stopped to wipe the sweat from my forehead and assess my progress. I am forever tinkering with my technique;...
Make Way for Plovers The recovery of the piping plovers is a good news story in what feels at times like a growing sea of environmental disasters...
Summer Outlook The Vineyard confidence index is measured in many ways. A quirky economist could devise a matrix involving the number of bulbs and...
Juneteenth is the celebration of African American freedom and achievement and the oldest known celebration commemorating the ending of slavery in...
Lobster Hatchery Revival A report just out from a technical committee of the Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission documents the perilous...
Remembering Jack Howland — his wit, his wisdom, his way with words — his place at the round table at the ArtCliff Diner. The following, titled...
We wish to express our heartfelt thanks and gratitude for everyone in this very special community who called, wrote a personal note or expressed...
Last fall you published a letter from me thanking our Island community for their support of the American Heroes Fishing Challenge. Now in its fifth...
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.
