Curtis Jones died June 22 at the age of 97. The Gazette published a profile of him in November 2005; it appears again here.
The arrival of the whaleship Charles W. Morgan in Martha’s Vineyard gives us a great opportunity to reflect on whaling’s history as well as assess...
Regionalism is the opposite of townism. To bring it up favorably in conversation can put a person at risk on this Island.
After 61 years, Yuval Elizur, Israeli journalist and former Israeli consul in New York, recently returned to the Vineyard for a visit. In the 1950s,...
From the Vineyard Gazette edition of June 30, 1961: The tales of the grandparents of the oldest inhabitants carry the reader back into antiquity.
For me, the ship came to life when she made what I will always remember as The Turn. We were at the far end of Vineyard Sound early Tuesday afternoon...
The well attended show at Chilmark Community Center Jan. 29 and 30 was a wonderful mix of nostalgia and love for Doug Kent’s work.
Many Islanders understand that summer-only businesses are more profitable than year-round businesses.
Can Bernie win the general election? That is the most common concern people have expressed.
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.
