Commentary
A 2011 commentary by Peter Simon inspired by the Occupy Wall Street movement.
I wrote an op-ed piece for the Sept. 16 edition of the Gazette on the problems inherent in our Social Security system, and the failure of our...
T he proposed roundabout has generated strong feelings as well as unwarranted accusations. The project does not warrant so much negative energy, as...
Editor’s Note: The following piece by Gazette Vineyard Haven columnist Nancy Gardella was published in June 2007. It appears here again in...
A FIRM STAND
Editors, Vineyard Gazette:
Thanksgiving 2011
Rain and drizzle fell softly this week over the fields and lawns of November, still green from a mild fall that has seen...
I have often wondered what a town meeting would be like if the purpose was to educate the voters so that we can make good decisions. Now, after the...
Nature is the best therapy I know. Land conservation enables us to experience nature. I have had the good fortune to explore much of the remote...
On Sunday, Nov. 13, there was a gathering at the Aquinnah town hall to thank Walter Delaney for his 17 years of service as the town’s fire chief....
From Gazette editions of November 1986:
The Seaview Hotel building was purchased Monday by Albert Siner Jr. of Warwick, R.I., for $1,050,000 from...
My friends Jamie and Barbara live in Farmington, Conn. Their power was out for a week after the recent storm. The temperature in their house...
Language has power. In every culture the language the people developed described their world in ways that were recognizable to them, but do not...
