Commentary
The Sound of Shared Purpose
Last week’s Gazette carried a story about marine scientist Jesse Ausubel. Near the end of the piece there was a...
Elegy for Swans
Saving Graces
From Gazette editions of February, 1911:
Capt. Samuel Jackson, of Cuttyhunk, a brother of Capts. Levi and Robert Jackson of this...
T he sterile smell hits me once I walk through the doors. The carpeted floor and hand sanitizer canister aren’t the only things that greet my...
February Days
A spell of warm days has melted the snow. The grass, although looking like someone just recovering from the flu, dull yellow and...
New Beginnings in Menemsha
It has been seven long months since the investigation into the Menemsha fire began by top federal and state experts,...
The state of Massachusetts again leads the nation in methods to bring itself and eventually the nation out of the current recession. While the feds...
LIBRARY NEEDS
Editors, Vineyard Gazette:
At the Feb. 22 special town meeting, called by the Oak Bluffs selectmen to get approval for a quarter-...
Birds of a Feather
From Gazette editions of February, 1961:
Editors, Vineyard Gazette:
Over the past two weeks there has been both a news article and an editorial in the Gazette regarding the actions and,...
The following letter was sent to the Edgartown selectmen:
The Martha’s Vineyard Agricultural Society, founded in 1859, has had as its mission...
A few days ago, after we had an argument, my daughter Pickle, age three, announced she had another father. His name, she told me, is Bob Cheeks....
