Commentary
I have been thinking a great deal lately about a word that is flying around out there. The word is change. It is the buzz word of Obama supporters...
October Days
A screech owl has been trilling outside the farmhouse this week, his voice soft and full of vibrato in the gathering darkness. Late...
Ship to Shore
From Gazette editions of October, 1933:
PEACE THROUGH PRAYER
Editors, Vineyard Gazette:
A vote for Sen. John McCain is a vote to give our nation an opportunity to rethink the abortion...
L ast week, Mother Nature spent a lot of energy reminding us she was around. It was a nagging reminder, omnipresent and persistent. It’s the wind I...
Luxury Advertising on Wings
Question: Why does the Martha’s Vineyard Airport need luxury advertising?
Answer: It doesn’t.
Better question: Why...
Jobless
The Vineyard has long lived with labor shortages. Help wanted is the usual cry of small business owners here. Even this week, with the...
This year’s sophomore class has been giving very serious consideration to the world they have inherited and have much to say that they would like...
Alley’s General Store
In times of yore, one humble store
Sustained our tiny town.
‘Twas not the kind where one might find
A fancy evening...
MADDENING CAMPAIGN
Editors, Vineyard Gazette:
The following letter was addressed to the Nantucket Inquirer and Mirror:
Editor’s note: What follows is a paper read at the leadoff session to the Living Local Harvest Festival on Sept. 26. It responds to the question:...
Art Sale for Hope
Sunday afternoon, a line of hopeful Islanders snaked from Dragonfly Gallery’s front door around the corner in Oak Bluffs. Lines...