No Clear Cutting

I was surprised to learn recently that the state agency that regulates the state forest is intending to push forward a plan to clear-cut 32 acres of the most mature White Pine trees in the forest.

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Time to Rethink the Land Bank

The Martha's Vineyard Land Bank does not pay property taxes and in fact takes property taxes off the tax roll.

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Land Bank Collaborations

The land bank watched with interest the Island's recent debate and deliberation over the housing bank.

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Sound Judgment Beats Retaliation

I was raised in the 1950s under the nuclear umbrella.

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Neighborly Advice

An open letter to Adam Epstein.

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Trash Talk

My family and I are finishing up our annual vacation to Martha's Vineyard.

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Allegiance Missing

Thanks to the Supreme Court, we now should change the Pledge to the Flag: One nation, under Guns, with liberty and justice . . . not so much.

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Unconscionable

Editors, Vineyard Gazette:

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Hoops History

Oak Bluffs police chief Peter Williamson’s role in the Niantic Park development could have been a story by itself.

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Keep the Future in Mind

This community can agree on one thing: that the future will bring challenges. Success in facing those challenges will require an acknowledgment that we are, in fact, one Island.

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