Commentary
Last Draggers in Menemsha
The Quitsa Strider II sits rusting at the dock in Menemsha. Her skipper Jonathan Mayhew, who has devoted his life...
I come from a family of wavers. We wave at each other (brothers, aunts, sisters in law), acquaintances (neighbors, businessfolk, fishermen),...
Street Art With Heart
In The Wizard of Oz, Dorothy asks perhaps the most famous scarecrow of all, “How can you talk if you haven’t got a...
GLAD HEARTS
Editors, Vineyard Gazette:
We write to express our appreciation for the Martha’s Vineyard community’s support of our daughter...
In this wild and scary world there are numerous challenges facing teachers. There are so many aspects to being an effective teacher that...
Last week nearly 500 religious communities around the country screened the movie Ghosts of Abu Ghraib, a film that raises such questions as:...
STANDOUT TEACHER
Editors, Vineyard Gazette:
John Morelli was not the only great teacher I had at the Martha’s Vineyard Regional High...
Toma
From the Vineyard Gazette editions of October, 1982:
One of the most hallowed of Halloween traditions — the one that makes mere mortals susceptible to vampires because it involves not fake blood...
Competent Leaders Needed
By RICHARD KNABEL
Old Houses, Living History
There is something sad about an old house being torn down; it’s like a friendship that suddenly disappears,...
Wind Futures
At a time when the economic and ecological costs of fossil fuels continue to climb, Vineyarders are growing interested in the...