Commentary
As a teacher of history I studied many presidencies.
Forty years ago my father, Island artist Stan Murphy, was commissioned to paint a portrait of our country’s first black cabinet member, Dr. Robert...
Cases in Point
The recent Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court decision in an esoteric Norwell case — a case that relied heavily on an earlier...
On cold, clear winter Vineyard days, I have trouble staying indoors. I am always tempted to set off for a walk in the woods or along a beach. The...
Shrinking Island Schools
Growing communities traditionally have meant growing schools, both for the number of students attending them and the...
Restoring Veterans Park
War Veterans Memorial Park was built more than half a century ago by hand by a small group of Vineyard Haven veterans who...
MORGAN FAMILY THANKS
Editors, Vineyard Gazette:
To our family and friends, we extend our sincere gratitude for all that you have done to see us...
It has been a long time since I have lived on the Vineyard, so forgive me for asking, but when did the term New Yorker become derogatory? What does...
All in the Family
By William A. Caldwell, Pulitzer prize winner, long-time Vineyard Gazette columnist etc. From the Vineyard Gazette editions of...
The new tax bills for Tisbury Great Pond properties were a shocker all right. The camp that I co-own with my three siblings, as the Sturgis Family...
I turned 21 in 1968, the first year I had the chance to vote. With an anti-Roosevelt Republican father and a liberal leaning Democratic mother, I...
Subprime Lending in West Tisbury
Fallout from the many-headed monster otherwise known as the subprime mortgage crisis certainly seems to have no...
