Commentary
They called themselves the Pink Squid Yacht Club. They were a fun group of hardworking Vineyarders who liked to party and raise money for one...
HEALTHY FOR VNA
Editors, Vineyard Gazette:
I have been reading about the VNA’s efforts to start a hospice and thought my experience with their...
Man Bites Cow
From Gazette editions of March, 1934:
Almost everyone is familiar with the famed definition of news, that it isn’t news if a dog...
Thoughtful Disposal
Moore’s Law states that “the number of transistors and resistors on a microchip doubles every 18 months.” It’s technobabble to...
Seasonal Shuffle Again
Now begins a yearly ritual: the search for affordable summer rentals. College students from around the world are already...
Beach Renourishment Stimulus
Vineyarders got their own shovels ready and recently delivered their own stimulus package to the area’s most critical...
So a Hollywood production company, 25/7 (would you want to work for an outfit that thinks there’s an extra hour in each day?), plans to shoot what...
A new fishermen’s organization formed on the Island in the last month: the Martha’s Vineyard/Dukes County Fishermen’s Association. The group has...
I went to New Orleans because my daughter Jill has a house in the city and teaches third grade at Langston Hughes Charter School. Her students had...
In going through some old stuff recently, I found this information about James Naismith and how he invented basketball. He was also a student at...
I have just returned from a week on Martha’s Vineyard — a glorious week full of morning walks on the beach and films at the film festival and cold...
“Improvement” People
From Vineyard Gazette editions of March, 1984: