Commentary
Super Tuesday
More than once it has been called the purest form of democracy. And while some may quibble with the adjective, there is no doubt...
There it is, Five Corners — our Five Corners. It’s not the most elegant intersection on the Island. It’s rather scruffy, in fact. But, recently, in...
We won’t clam up.
We oppose the 31 per cent cut of high school performing arts classes. We offer proposals that will hold off those cuts and...
LIGHTS OUT
Editors, Vineyard Gazette:
Tomorrow, Saturday night, March 29, is Lights Out Martha’s Vineyard from 8 to 9 p.m. We encourage every...
Farming the Land
The agricultural renaissance on the Vineyard has shown the Island not only is a fertile place to raise crops and livestock, but...
Finding Common Ground
Dr. Martin Luther King said it forty-five years ago: “At eleven o’clock on Sunday morning when we stand and sing and Christ...
I’m the very model of the modern man. And I proved it recently when I made my debut as a model at a women’s jewelry show.
My Hide and Seek Pencil
Even tho’ I keep a pencil by
my phone
Ready to use in case of need
I find that I should have had its clone...
Fearless Whaler
From the Vineyard Gazette editions of March, 1908:
The bark Wanderer is being fitted for a whaling voyage and will be commanded...
Unfortunate Move
Editors, Vineyard Gazette:
The terrible news that the Visiting Nurse Service is closing is causing distress in the minds and...
Town Meeting Time
Next Tuesday evening, Tisbury residents will gather in the gymnasium of the Tisbury School for an activity that goes back to the...
On Stage
Cue the lights, please. In rooms small and large, some even sporting curtains, children are filling stages all over the Vineyard these...