Commentary
This is an open letter principally to my fellow members on the Dukes County charter study commission, but also to the selectmen of the towns within...
Hi, I’m Troy Small, this week’s Sophomores Speak Out editor. We are bringing a lot of new thoughts to the table this week. We’re talking about...
Backlash
In a strange and disturbing turn, much of the emotion aroused over a fatal Vineyard traffic accident in late January has shifted from...
School Bond, Town Obligation
The regional high school district committee was correct to rescind its vote on the sewage treatment bond issue once...
Winter Sunshine
Enrichment is indeed alive and well at the Martha’s Vineyard Regional High School where the education programs reach well beyond...
MISS MY PAPA
Editors, Vineyard Gazette:
Many people told me in the past few weeks that my grandfather, Peter Williamson, was a great guy and very...
Anyone can buy a boat, a quahaug rake and a shellfish permit and go quahaugging. And anyone can use a rod and reel to catch a fish.
But it is a...
Snowbound
By Joseph B. Elvin, one-time member of the Lambert’s Cove community, and occasional contributor to the Gazette. From the Vineyard...
There appears to be a misconception in the com munity about the outcome of efforts to prevent cuts in the performing arts department at the Martha’s...
What is it with this pot-bellied, moon-faced guy Babe Ruth? What makes him remembered so vividly to this day? It was summed up best by an old...
I threw in the towel on Martha’s Vineyard winters 10 years ago and never looked back. I traded in the gray Januaries, the icy roads of February and...
Sustainable Island
Four years ago the Vineyard Energy Project wrote a ten-year action plan outlining a series of strategies for the Island — which...