Commentary
Backlash
In a strange and disturbing turn, much of the emotion aroused over a fatal Vineyard traffic accident in late January has shifted from...
T he jeep’s headlights illuminate the rut ted road. The moon does the rest, bathing the dunes all around in a soft glow that gives the place a...
Controversy, primarily around land use and land development issues, has been a defining trait of the Vineyard community in recent years. So it is...
What follows is a collection of reader feedbacks from the Gazette Web site.
Traffic Mishap Kills Vineyard Haven Woman, published Feb. 1:
This...
SEAT BELTS SAVE LIVES
Editors, Vineyard Gazette:
We were deeply saddened to hear about the death of Brandy Marie Gibson in an automobile accident...
Lagoon Bridge, 1872
From the Vineyard Gazette editions of May, 1969:
I threw in the towel on Martha’s Vineyard winters 10 years ago and never looked back. I traded in the gray Januaries, the icy roads of February and...
Sustainable Island
Four years ago the Vineyard Energy Project wrote a ten-year action plan outlining a series of strategies for the Island — which...
Louise Aldrich Bugbee: 1914-2008
An open letter to Sens. John Kerry and Edward M. Kennedy:
As a journalist, voter, part-time Vineyarder and full-time Democrat, I’m writing to...
Hello to all our readers. We have just finished an exhausting week of midterm exams and this week we share with you some of our issues and...
Primary Colors
On Tuesday voters in Dukes County will go to the polls to cast ballots in the race for the Presidential nomination which has so...
