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WORTH FIGHTING FOR Editors, Vineyard Gazette: I’m writing in response to your Nov. 21 editorial titled Educating Children Early.

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TAXING QUESTIONS Editors, Vineyard Gazette: For years I have wondered how the town of Tisbury can discount residential property taxes (to which I...

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VNA RESPONDS Editors, Vineyard Gazette: I write to address the Vineyard Nursing Association’s efforts to accommodate an increased demand for...

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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.