Commentary
MISQUOTED
Editors, Vineyard Gazette:
Maybe you have had this experience: a reporter from one of the local newspapers calls you and asks your...
The scene: a corridor in the Congress Hotel, Chicago. The time: mid-afternoon on a sultry July day in 1952. The cast: four or five radio reporters...
There are times in our lives when incidents in the lives of people we do not know take on such profound meaning that we want to learn more. For me...
Diving for Dollars
From the Vineyard Gazette editions of August, 1983:
Every day during the summer a small band of young swimmers gathers at the...
Sheriff’s Meadow: Tracking the Future
This has been a painful summer for the Sheriff’s Meadow Foundation, the venerable Island conservation...
Shine a Light
On an Island where the dire lack of low and moderately priced housing is a perennial issue, the Martha’s Vineyard Commission is...
Recently I was privileged to see a per formance of End Days written by Deborah Zoe Laufer and directed by Claudia Weill at the Vineyard Playhouse....
PIVOTAL CHOICE
Editors, Vineyard Gazette:
The following letter was sent to the Dukes County Commission:
Speaking as friends of the county, we...
The Cost of Eating
In most places, a walk down a supermarket aisle does not lend itself to experiences of awe and incredulity. But Martha’s...
Berrying Time
From the Vineyard Gazette editions of 1934:
The Seaman’s Bethel, located on the waterfront at Vineyard Haven, is one of those institutions...
Lyn Hinds of Crafts Field Way in Edgartown emerged from her outdoor shower one recent afternoon to find herself face to face with a young skunk....
