Commentary
Lobsters and Ewes
From the Vineyard Gazette editions of March, 1983:
A LESSER EVIL
Editors, Vineyard Gazette:
I had to miss the Cape Wind hearing. I support Cape Wind. For me it is an indication that we are...
Vineyarders will enjoy arguing for many more years about when the world will run out of oil, about the causes and effects of climate change, about...
Hey to all our readers, this is Troy (85) Small. Every week I edit the Sophomores Speak Out and I enjoy it because I get to read what the other...
To our community and those in need of homecare:
On Wednesday, March 12, just a day before the notice went public, the Vineyard Nursing...
Unfortunate Move
Editors, Vineyard Gazette:
The terrible news that the Visiting Nurse Service is closing is causing distress in the minds and...
As our town counsel Ronald H. Rappaport pointed out at a recent Oak Bluffs selectmen’s meeting, access and use of a town park is not a privilege...
Welcome Home, Mr. Turkington
He was a quiet politician in a noisy political arena. He was sometimes so quiet he seemed out of place in the...
Cinematic Gift
“A good movie can take you out of your dull funk,” film critic Pauline Kael said. “A good movie can make you feel alive again, in...
FLOURISHING LIBRARY
Editors, Vineyard Gazette:
It has been reported in your paper that the Aquinnah Public Library has cut hours.
This has not...
The Last Heath Hen
From the Vineyard Gazette editions of March, 1933:
Chilmark fifty years ago was a different place. Well, of course it was. There weren’t so many people. There weren’t so many summer people. And...