Commentary
THE BEE BALM MURDERS: A Martha’s Vineyard Mystery. By Cynthia Riggs. Minotaur Books, 2011. 304 pages. $24.99 hardcover.
By JEANNE HEWETT
It has long been evident that we need a new national anthem. The Star-Spangled Banner is tough to memorize and tougher to sing, and it celebrates a...
PROTECT HISTORIC DISTRICT
Editors, Vineyard Gazette:
From a 1952 Gazette edition:
Since Thursday, when the Coast Guard building, three stories high, came towing into Menemsha Creek on a scow after...
Hot Air
From Gazette editions of July, 1936:
The giant dirigible Hindenburg soared over the Vineyard in the early hours of Wednesday morning. It...
Jeanie Mathis has never been to Martha’s Vineyard or any part of the East Coast. She lives in Reevesville, Illinois, population 50. Yet she knows...
LOCAL HEROES
Editors, Vineyard Gazette:
We the People
Our country celebrates its two hundred and thirty-fifth birthday on Monday and the national holiday will be marked by colorful...
The morning after fellow campers and I arrived at Camp Jabberwocky, we went with our fun-loving counselors to music class in the camp’s studio. We...
My affair with Katama began about 30 years ago. I was sitting in the office of my state-certified, water-testing laboratory when the phone rang. A...
From a June, 1948 Gazette:
