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Uncle Sam and the SSA

Uncle Sam and the SSA The federal government sometimes provides better entertainment than late night television. Case in point is the Steamship...

9:05 pm, July 23, 2009
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What Shark Tournament?

What Shark Tournament? It appears the bloom is fading on the Monster Shark Tournament that has been the cause of so much controversy in recent...

9:04 pm, July 23, 2009
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The Double Edge of the Cutting Edge

Lee Mogel

Twenty years ago Woody Allen directed a nostalgic film called Radio Days about life in the 1940s, a time when living was simpler. The radio, a...

8:35 pm, July 23, 2009
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Commentary, Gazette Chronicle

Gazette Chronicle: Flames on the Plains

Cynthia Meisner

Flames on the Plains From Gazette editions of July, 1909:

8:26 pm, July 23, 2009
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Walter Cronkite: 1916-2009

Walter Cronkite: 1916-2009

6:21 pm, July 20, 2009
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Battling Against Nitrogen for Healthy Ponds

Bob Woodruff

Edmund Stevens’ letter in the Friday, July 10 Gazette, Great Pond Under Pressure from Pollution, demands a thoughtful response which I’ll try to...

6:20 pm, July 16, 2009
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Letters to the Editor

Life Jackets For All

We see too many boating accidents happening nationwide involving drowning, and the results could have been different if life jackets were worn. The U...

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Letters to the Editor

West Nile Threat

Recently there have been alarming reports of outbreaks of West Nile fever in Dallas and Chicago. The cases now number in the hundreds, with several...

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Letters to the Editor

House Divided

I had a dream last night that our democracy today looked like our forefathers intended — a government run for the people, by the people. In my dream...

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Gazette Chronicle

Gazette Chronicle: The Legend of Manuel Silvia

From the April 11, 1930 edition of the Vineyard Gazette:

The name Manuel Silvia being a common one, the subject of this sketch is specifically designated to avoid confusion. Mr. Silvia is worthy of more than passing mention as having lived in the up-Island section longer than any other Portuguese citizen, and while he was not the first to locate west of the Chilmark-West Tisbury line, only one had come before him, and the death of his predecessor long before made Mr. Silvia a pioneer in a manner of speaking.