Voters in three Vineyard towns went to the polls last week and spoke for change, electing newcomers over incumbents.
As April Fool’s Day came and went recently, I remembered that Jimmy Cliff was born on that day in 1948.
Use it or lose it is an old adage, tried and true, that can be applied to a craftsman’s legerdemain, pasture lands or legal stratagems.
Every year at this time, I get to thinking about Nancy Luce.
I.M. Pei, the famous architect of great buildings all over the world, will turn 100 on April 26.
The Wampanoag Tribe of Gay Head (Aquinnah) marked the thirtieth anniversary of its federal recognition this week.
The following letter was sent to the Oak Bluffs land bank advisory board.
Opponents of the five-foot fence intended for the Trade Wind Park met recently with the Oak Bluffs land bank board.
An online commenter to an article on the Trade Wind fence called dog walkers “the worst of the worst.”
From the April 24, 1959 edition of the Vineyard Gazette:
For the second consecutive season the anglers were blessed with favorable weather on the opening day of the trout season, which was Saturday. Island anglers were abroad in force, complaining only that the weather was a trifle on the raw side, what with a southeast wind breezing, but otherwise perfect. A temperature not too low, and moderately overcast skies, are appreciated by early trout fishermen.
