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
A century ago Circuit avenue in Oak Bluffs was a heady combination of sights, sounds and smells in the summertime. Exotic souvenirs, local produce...
75 Years Ago From the Vineyard Gazette editions of September, 1932: “Millions viewed the eclipse.” So said the mainland newspapers, and the...
A Weapon to Defend Island Waters The days slip by, one after another. First a hundred, then a thousand, then thousands more. The cesspool keeps...
Disappearing Ancient Ways On Thursday night the Martha’s Vineyard Commission will hold a public hearing on a proposal to include five ancient ways...
By Polly Woollcott Murphy. From the Vineyard Gazette editions of November 1976:
By BRAD WOODGER We’re all busy. More important, however, is that everybody else knows that we’re busy. Few street meetings or catch-up phone calls...
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Letters to the Editor
JUST THE FACTS Editors, Vineyard Gazette: We all expect that no good deed will go unpunished. That’s just the way it goes, right? But it seems...
GRANT FOR SHELTER Editors, Vineyard Gazette:
FIELDING ERRORS Editors, Vineyard Gazette: