For the first time in its history, the Vineyard Gazette publishes a news notice in the Portuguese language, this being the first official notice ordered by William H. Andrews, president of the newly organized Portuguese-American Club League.
Opinion
I often tease my students that in writing for an English class, the writer can use language playfully — metaphor to create nuance and alliteration...
Editor’s Note: The following is an edited 1998 interview with Eric Cottle done by historian Linsey Lee; the complete interview appears in her book...
From a 1967 Gazette column of reminiscences by Joseph Chase Allen: The anecdotes of the early 1900s would constitute a volume second to none....
“There is a Light to Starboard, Sir, right off our lee bow!”, A Medley of Lighthouse Sketches, by Tom Hale, 2010, Tisbury Printer, 60-pages, 28...
Political Notebook Super Tuesday kicked off the Island political season this week, and the four annual town meetings in Edgartown, Oak Bluffs,...
Roses for the Chief She stepped into the job sixteen years ago, quietly making history as the first woman police chief on the Vineyard. And this...
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Letters to the Editor
My family has owned a gingerbread cottage overlooking Oak Bluffs harbor for several generations. As a longtime lover of all God’s creatures, I have...
In Verizon’s application for a cell tower in West Tisbury the Vineyard is facing a dilemma that is of growing concern and action across the country....
I thank the town of West Tisbury for the opportunity to hear about the different options related to the future of the Mill Pond. I was troubled by...