Editorials
Too Quiet Downtown
Walking down Main street Vineyard Haven, you can still smell the smoke. It’s in a single spot directly in front of the Bunch of...
Riding on Empty
Somewhere between the stable dirt and the saddle, girls who love horses find the women they will become. Up there, it’s not about...
Island Plan for the Future
How much and how should the Vineyard grow?
This is the question that has been posed by the Martha’s Vineyard...
Women’s Rights
On Monday the Democratic National Convention begins in Denver, and before it ends history will be made.
Senator Hillary Clinton...
E.B. Collins: 1925-2008
He was a consummate gentleman, a man firm in his beliefs, soft spoken in expression, sensitive to the views of others and...
Summer’s Last Hurrah
No Walk in the Park
The town of Oak Bluffs had concerns about the aggressive expansion of the popular Boston Pops outdoor concert first staged in...
Message in a Bylaw
Despite its two-time defeat on the town meeting floor, the pioneering Aquinnah energy bylaw remains ready for revival. Voters...
Cracked Teacups, Shattered Goodwill
Before reopening yesterday, the Martha’s Vineyard Boys’ and Girls’ Club Second Hand Store had a lengthy time-...
Down a Country Lane
Happily, around the Island, there are still many dirt roads. These unpaved roads usually meander and tend to pass through pine...
Vineyard Purple
Joe-Pye Weed is blooming around the swamps and streams and in the moist woodlands of the Vineyard, a certain sign of late summer....
Housing Bank Comes to Rest
Advocates for the housing bank, who have worked long and hard for their cause, lost the battle last week when a bill to...
