Commentary
Do you have any idea what it feels like to be in Brazil during election time? Well, it’s pretty insane.
There are two programs on the Internet that most people of my generation do not generally use. Facebook and YouTube are used by the younger...
The death of Sam Leighton certainly marks a sad moment for the people who grew up in Edgartown during his tenure as director of the boys’ and...
SCIENCE HIGH HONORS
Editors, Vineyard Gazette:
Congratulations to the entire eighth grade and Karl Nelson, their eighth grade science teacher, on...
Library Jump Start
Edgartown prides itself on a long and well-earned reputation as a town of fiscal expediency with no infighting. But the story...
Profiles of Courage
They come looking for adventure, excitement, travel, challenge — the reasons that bring some fishermen to the Martha’s...
Keeping the Light On
From a 1932 Gazette:
“Work for Uncle Sam, the best employer there is,” read various advertisements. The following is...
The Great Pond Foundation recently hosted a Get-to-Know Nessie festival on Edgartown Great Pond. Underwritten by an anonymous patron, this event...
If you know people who bird along the coast, you know they get excited by the potential of tropical storms. Not just for all the usual reasons, but...
This is in response to David Nash’s letter to the editor backing the proposed fish pier in Oak Bluffs. I will do my best to respond point by point.
CAPABLE MR. BABSON
Editors, Vineyard Gazette:
I am writing about the resignation of David Babson, former manager of the Trustees of Reservations...
TRUE PREP: It’s a Whole New Old World. By Lisa Birnbach with Chip Kidd. Alfred A. Knopf. September 2010. 256 pages. $19.95, hardcover.
