Commentary
Flying Santa
From Gazette editions of December, 1958:
WORTH A LIFETIME
Editors, Vineyard Gazette:
Better late than never.
This is just a thank you letter to all of the people who sent me well...
This is the time of year I miss going to church . Christmas and church always seem to go together. I was a lapsed Methodist when I retired to the...
We at Martha’s Vineyard Community Services are concerned about the impact of recent events in our community. Clearly the economic downturn is...
The early onset of darkness in November is a dramatic change. I recall a parishioner from an earlier parish who suffered from depression every year...
In last week’s newspaper, Vineyarders were confronted by a story of an incident involving a Martha’s Vineyard public school educator allegedly...
Christmas 2008
In Tisbury town on Church street,the traffic all was stuckSo those who’d gone on shopping spreeswere clearly out of luck.They grumped and groaned and...
This time of year gets crazy. I think the whole true meaning of Christmas has been forgotten. This Black Friday was even more crazy than in the...
Fisheries management in New England is broken and here is just one small example of one of its glaring faults.
Editors, Vineyard Gazette:
I was crushed to hear that David Flanders died over Thanksgiving. He was one of my heroes. Not only a man of honor, but...
ROOM FOR ALL
Editors, Vineyard Gazette: