From the May 24, 1974 edition of the Gazette: Memorial Day on Martha’s Vineyard is something more than a patriotic holiday, the occasion of the first of the season’s three long weekends, and a glowing festival of flowering trees and beach plums.
From the Dec. 4, 1931 edition of the Gazette: The Mill Pond in West Tisbury will be stocked with trout to create the state's first public fishery in private waters.
From the Nov. 24, 1950 edition of the Vineyard Gazette: The very November dawn comes up like the red-ripe cranberry of the wild bog.
From the Nov. 25, 1927 edition of the Vineyard Gazette: Was it just the fog that caused two Menemsha fishermen to collide head-on on a dark night?
From the Nov. 15, 1963 edition of the Vineyard Gazette: An Island couple creates a cottage industry in Vineyard Haven.
From the Nov. 7, 1958 edition of the Gazette: The Edgartown Police Benevolent Association gets a surprising RSVP to its annual Halloween party.
From the Nov. 1, 1974 edition of the Gazette by William A. Caldwell:
Every election is a suspense story. One expects oneself to hold one’s breath in a delicious agony of uncertainty. Once the votes are counted, it is obvious that the outcome was appropriate, indeed inevitable, indeed precisely as one had predicted all along.
