Commentary
Over 40 per cent of the income of Martha’s Vineyard Community Services comes from state contracts. We are very thankful that we have just come...
Based on my personal experience, I believe that the most important task of our state representative is to protect the integrity, independence, and...
A bit of the spectral from early Gazette editions:
Near the north shore of the Island just inshore from Cedar Tree Neck is what is left of the...
RED STOCKING TIME
Editors, Vineyard Gazette:
Election Day 2008
Vineyard voters go to the polls on Tuesday to cast their ballots for President and Vice President in an election that is by any...
The smell of newsprint is hard to describe — pungent, inky, old, dusty — all of the words fit but none is exactly right. And that is frustrating...
The 90 walkers apparently raised $20,000 - plus last Sunday, Oct. 19 when they and at least five dogs (four of them had money pledges riding on them...
Our last unforgettable visit to Dean Sayre’s home in Vineyard Haven was on Saturday, August 9. I had called him on Wednesday, August 6 and talked...
Certain aspects of the Wall Street meltdown are not unlike the great Ponzi scheme foisted on investors by Charles Ponzi who promised a 75 per cent...
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:
