Commentary
Last Friday, Martha’s Vineyard Regional High School was honored to have the chance to listen to Corey Scanlon’s story at a special assembly...
For more than a hundred years, the barn at Hoft Farm has born witness to the hard work and heartbreak of Vineyard rural life. The large barn,...
A week or so ago I was saying to friends, “Don’t rush me! It’s not spring, I haven’t finished (or begun) my winter chores yet, slow down, will you...
Vineyard Lobstering
Editors, Vineyard Gazette:
From a 1935 Gazette edition:
Of all peculiarly earth-born traditions that still survive among men, perhaps there is none older than that of the...
Notables
National newspapers last week carried the obituaries of three notable civil servants: conservationist and former U.S. Secretary of the...
What’s in a Name?
From Gazette editions of March, 1985:
The Square Rigger, a well known Edgartown landmark located at the entrance to town, will be sold at the end...
Tom
They broke the mold
When he came out
One look was all
You need
A singular
Relentless soul
In every word
And deed
He fished by...
Tom Osmers was a fisherman and a passionate advocate for small-scale fishing. He urged the adoption of “intentional inefficiencies” in fishing...
In today’s newspaper is an overview of the Island Plan, the product of four years of study and discussion by our community. The plan describes some...
PRAISE FOR HOSPITAL
Editors, Vineyard Gazette:
I am writing this letter on the 17th anniversary of my wife Phyllis’ surgery, and the news that...
