From the Dec. 23, 1949 edition of the Vineyard Gazette: Santa Claus arrived on the Vineyard on Tuesday afternoon by airplane.
Earth Day 2009 When Earth Day began, few people had heard of Chernobyl or Bhopal. Instead of cell phones, we had a cold war. Nelson Mandela was in...
Girl Talk
There is a nice pond in my backyard garden on Centre street. When I preface the word “pond” with “goldfish“ your mind and eye make an instant...
“We’re All Done Now” From Gazette editions of April, 1984: When Jeff Norton stands up in front of town meeting, something happens. It’s hard to...
O n April 14, the residents of Tisbury will be asked to vote on the sale of beer and wine in our town. The real question that most of us are...
In the past several weeks, comments in Island news papers have questioned the necessity of the Martha’s Vineyard Commission or whether Vineyard town...
Everyone who has Lyme disease or knows someone who does, go to your local library and see if they have two notebooks compiled by Steven Cabana. One...
Ed Gyne in Milwaukee in the 1960s, Charlie Manson’s gang in the 1970s, the Oklahoma City bombing, genocide in Rwanda and 9/11 — it appears the...
A recent heavy rainstorm, complete with thunder and lightning, set off an alarm on our property. We needed help to deal with this situation and...