Commentary

A Gentle and Spiritual Soul, Sorely Missed

Paul Remy

Ronnie Simonsen was most likely look ing forward to singing O Holy Night on Christmas at Triumphant Cross Lutheran Church in Salem, N.H. He loved to...

7:45 pm, January 20, 2011
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Never Be Afraid to Do What’s Right

Mark Alan Lovewell

Community service was the theme at the annual Martin Luther King Jr. dinner at the Harbor View Hotel on Monday night. More than 100 people attended...

7:44 pm, January 20, 2011
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Carmen Sandiego Was Never This Hard

Peter Brannen

Geography is a demanding discipline as stumped students of the Edgartown School discovered on Tuesday morning at the schoolwide geography bee. But...

7:38 pm, January 20, 2011
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Walking in the Pawprints of Others

Phyllis Meras

Last week while the snow was still fresh on fields and in woods, I went out animal tracking. I am said to be a descendant of Robert Gray, who...

7:30 pm, January 20, 2011
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Letters to the Editor

CRIME AND PUNISHMENT Editors, Vineyard Gazette:

7:29 pm, January 20, 2011
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Cottage City Coffers on Empty

Cottage City Coffers on Empty The financial crisis that has been gathering for three years in Oak Bluffs appears to be deepening, with the...

7:27 pm, January 20, 2011
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Sheriff McCormack’s Bad Call

7:27 pm, January 20, 2011
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Winter’s Icy Grip

Winter’s Icy Grip We know where we live this winter for sure: This is New England, no doubt about it, the place where if you don’t like the...

7:27 pm, January 20, 2011
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Gazette Chronicle: Buried Treasure

Cynthia Meisner

Buried Treasure From a 1967 article by Joseph Chase Allen: The wild duck and goose on passage may well look down in surprise to see this pond....

7:14 pm, January 20, 2011
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Where the Wind Goes, Inefficiently

Helen Shwiesow Parker

Two Chilmark farms were recently granted permits for large-scale wind turbines under a presumed agricultural use exemption. Abutters have asked the...