From the May 3, 1974 edition of the Vineyard Gazette by Polly Woollcott Murphy:
“May Day!” the children said to each other with palpable excitement as they gathered in the West Tisbury schoolyard on Wednesday morning. “May Day!”
Opinion
The Wampanoag Tribe of Gay Head (Aquinnah) marked the thirtieth anniversary of its federal recognition this week.
His great-uncle was Ellsworth Luce West, the last whaling master on Martha’s Vineyard, and Nelson Smith of Edgartown knew him well.
Bertrand Russell was once asked what he would say to God if it turned out there was one and he met him at judgment.
The MVC will decide next month on the proposal to construct a single artificial turf field with organic infill surrounded by a new track.
The following poem was read at town meeting by Steve Ewing, poet laureate of Edgartown.
The following poem by Emma Young, West Tisbury poet laureate, was read at town meeting.
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Letters to the Editor
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.”