Commentary
Letters to the President
With President Obama soon to arrive on the Vineyard, it seems appropriate to look back at an earlier visit. For instance, I was surprised to read...
By SQUIRE RUSHNELL
My wonderful wife, Louise DuArt, and I live in the Yellow Cottage of Edgartown, built in 1853. We love that our Island’s most...
From a Vineyard Gazette edition of 1931:
READING RAINBOW
Editors, Vineyard Gazette:
Less than three per cent of the earth’s water is fresh, the water that sustains us. As the oceans rise due to global warming salt water is creeping...
Woods Hole, 1910: idling steam trains exhale vapor at regular intervals, buoys clang out in the channel. An 11-year-old boy from Oak Park, Ill.,...
MONSTER SPECTACLE
Editors, Vineyard Gazette:
Public spectacles like the annual monster shark tournament have much in common with the gladiator...
Save Our Farmland
An acre a minute. That’s how much farmland is currently being lost to development and other causes in America, according to a...
Vinnie sits at the table in the lounge. He wears, as always, a cap. A big pin in his shirt says I’m The Boss. He’s singing Roll Out The Barrel in a...
Raking it In
From Gazette editions of August, 1936:
The honor of landing the biggest striped bass of the season is held by Carl Norton of...
By CAMRON ADIBI
Chappaquiddick is an island again. This has created a noticeable and understandable reaction from people on Chappy and beyond....
