From the Dec. 23, 1949 edition of the Vineyard Gazette: Santa Claus arrived on the Vineyard on Tuesday afternoon by airplane.
The Great White Way, on Oak Bluffs avenue between Sea View and Lake avenues, was the heart of the summer resort’s entertainment area. Its evolution...
In his first State of the Union speech, Abra ham Lincoln declared that “the Union must be preserved.” One hundred and forty-seven years later, I ask...
I arose before dawn. Raced to my favorite fishing spot. The shore by the Vineyard Haven bridge. I cast from 5 to 6 a.m. No fish. But I did see...
Tending Their Flocks From earlier Gazette editions: It is recorded that when Major General Sir Charles Grey made his raid upon the Vineyard...
As a man who is so bad at games of chance that I was once beaten in blackjack by my dog, I never thought I would be a high roller at a casino. That...
Asters to Call Our Own They come out just when the summer people go home, as if on cue for the Islanders who stop working so much and are out and...
It was exciting to see more than 300 people come out on Sunday, Dec. 11, to tour the Martha’s Vineyard Museum’s new property in Vineyard Haven.
Kudos once again to the Gazette and Peter Brannen for writing and printing the informative article about the Rural Scholars study concerning mental...
Much has been written over the years about our Island community and the generosity of those living in it. In hard times and good times the community...