A Dog Named Jake By Thomas Hart Benton From the Vineyard Gazette editions of August, 1946:
I read somewhere (maybe In Style Magazine) that the meek shall inherit the earth. I don’t recall if this statement was intended as a proclamation...
Eyesore From All Angles Editors, Vineyard Gazette: The following is an edited version of a letter sent to the Martha’s Vineyard Commission, which...
Anyone can buy a boat, a quahaug rake and a shellfish permit and go quahaugging. And anyone can use a rod and reel to catch a fish. But it is a...
Snowbound By Joseph B. Elvin, one-time member of the Lambert’s Cove community, and occasional contributor to the Gazette. From the Vineyard...
There appears to be a misconception in the com munity about the outcome of efforts to prevent cuts in the performing arts department at the Martha’s...
UNSPEAKABLE TRAGEDY Editors, Vineyard Gazette: I weep. For 30 years I have held my tongue, not wanting to be an Ibsenian “Enemy of the People.”...
WITHOUT CAUSE Editors, Vineyard Gazette:
WIND TOWERS Editors, Vineyard Gazette: I just don’t feel comfortable that any planning agency on this Island has the comprehension or rules in...
From the June 7, 1968 edition of the Vineyard Gazette:
On the Island at this time of year it’s everybody’s moving day. There are those who are arriving from someplace else, and they are moving in. There are those who have rented their houses for the summer, and they are moving out. (And of course into something else.) There are also those who had rented something cheaper or nearer to town for the winter and they are now moving out of where they have been, for the summer.
