Editorials
White Flower Parade
Holding the Sheriff Accountable
If the state takes over the Dukes County sheriff’s department — and it appears that this will eventually be the...
Protecting the Herring
More than one hundred fifty years ago, Henry David Thoreau noted the many rivers on Cape Cod named for herring. The day...
Garage With a View
The controversy over Joseph G. Moujabber’s illegal garage in Oak Bluffs has gone on for a long time — too long — and that may...
Spring Litter
Last week on Earth Day, 26 Island beaches were cleared of empty bottles and cans, plastic odds and ends and other debris. The...
Museum in Limbo
Less than two years ago, the board and staff of the Martha’s Vineyard Historical Society, now called the Martha’s Vineyard Museum...
Red Buds
The woodlands are brushed with the palest colors these days as an early burst of warm weather throws nature into a tailspin: new leaves...
Roofs for Education
In educating the youth of the Vineyard, Island teachers provide a crucial public service.
Yet Island schools now face the...
Tisbury Split Down the Middle
The good people of Vineyard Haven fought to a draw last week in the collective duel over whether to allow beer and...
Cape Wind’s Bad Play
The town of Edgartown and the Martha’s Vineyard Commission are right in their request to intervene in the case against Cape...
Too Much of a Good Thing
The proposed redevelopment of what is being called Bradley Square in Oak Bluffs blends an impressive list of components...
Spring Slips In
The English poet Samuel Taylor Coleridge wrote about “spring coming slowly up this way,” and his words hold clear meaning on the...