Commentary

Meditating on the Midterm Elections

Bettye Foster Baker

The midterm elections are over. The president and Democrats did not so much lose as they abdicated to Republicans and the extreme right–wing of the...

8:27 pm, November 4, 2010
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Letters to the Editor

DEEP LOSS Editors, Vineyard Gazette:

8:24 pm, November 4, 2010
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A Father’s Walk on the Blind Side

Bill Eville

It was a beautiful fall evening on the Island and I was taking an after-dinner stroll with my children. My six-year-old son, Hardy, crashed about...

8:23 pm, November 4, 2010
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Edgartown’s Too-High Horse

Edgartown’s Too-High Horse The six Island towns have long coexisted like members of a lively, diverse and sometimes scrappy family, each with its...

8:22 pm, November 4, 2010
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Autumn Days

Autumn Days It was a flash of white foretelling the future, the fine white coating on the fields along State Road Wednesday morning. Kids in cars...

8:22 pm, November 4, 2010
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Gazette Chronicle: Ports of Call

Cynthia Meisner

Ports of Call From Gazette editions of November, 1935:

8:16 pm, November 4, 2010
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The Barnacle Club at Night, Or Anytime, Is Sailors’ Delight

Mark Alan Lovewell

They came in out of the chill of a cool autumn night for the fellowship that can surround a hot meal. The Barnacle Club is the oldest running...

6:52 pm, October 28, 2010
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Credentials Matter in Hiring Practices

Joel Weintraub

The Island community has been watching with interest the dialogue between a veteran teacher credentialed by the state to be considered eligible for...