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.
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2020
November 25, 2020
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.
November 19, 2020
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?
November 12, 2020
From the Nov. 15, 1963 edition of the Vineyard Gazette: An Island couple creates a cottage industry in Vineyard Haven.
November 5, 2020
From the Nov. 7, 1958 edition of the Gazette: The Edgartown Police Benevolent Association gets a surprising RSVP to its annual Halloween party.
October 29, 2020
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.
October 22, 2020
From the Oct. 23, 1964 edition of the Vineyard Gazette:
Chilmark Sword, the first vessel designed especially for long-lining swordfishing, arrived in her home port of Menemsha, fresh from her shakedown cruise.
