From the Nov. 30, 1979 edition of the Vineyard Gazette: The north end of Tisbury’s Main street will change dramatically this winter, ending the era of the town five-and-ten-cent store when fistfuls of candy were bought for a penny and household trinkets were bagged for two-bits.

An important transfer of Edgartown real estate the past week is that of some 400 acres of land with building thereon located on or near Edgartown Great Pond.

From the Nov. 14, 1958 edition of the Vineyard Gazette: November half gone.

A vexed subject in Vineyard history came up last week with the difficulty in deciding whether a particular hillside in the East Chop region was a park, a mysteriously named “plaza,” or just ordinary private property.

From the Sept. 13, 1988 edition of the Vineyard Gazette:
Eddie Gentle 3rd of Edgartown, a senior at the regional high school, leads the Martha's Vineyard Striped Bass and Bluefish Derby with a 15.57-pound bluefish he caught Saturday morning.

The crowd that assembled at the Oak Bluffs town bathing beach yesterday morning may have believed that pirate treasure had been uncovered.

The terrific north-easterly storm which swept the eastern Massachusetts coast on Tuesday was felt with unusual severity on the Vineyard.

You can still waltz in Oak Bluffs' nightspots, and you can still hear some good piano, but from now on you won't be able to boogie or rock and roll in drinking places.

From the July 17, 1934 edition of the Vineyard Gazette: Here it is, mid-July on Martha's Vineyard, a pleasant time at a pleasant place.

The Martha’s Vineyard Hospital will soon be something besides a dream.