Editorials
Brazilian Retreat
Immigration is a main topic for discussion in the presidential debates these days, and with the Vineyard’s own substantial...
Open Door Policy
Last month the Wampanoag Tribe of Gay Head (Aquinnah) chose Cheryl Andrews-Maltais to lead its sovereign nation.
In her...
Fall’s Last Call
The final days of autumn bring a hard clarity to the Vineyard. Most of the leaves have fallen from the trees, whose branches...
Wise Use at the High School
Martha’s Vineyard Regional High School principal Margaret (Peg) Regan is a stand-up person who was forced to make hard...
Death by Committee
The idea of forming a special commission on agriculture for the Vineyard is on the table for discussion, and while the concept...
Homemade From the Heart
Retailers expect Americans to plunk down nearly five hundred billion dollars this holiday season. Some economists argue...
Restoring Great Salt Pond
The draft Massachusetts Estuaries Project report on the Edgartown Great Pond obtained by the Gazette last week is...
A Linotype Man to the End
Jonathan Sawyer, whose unexpected death Nov. 21 was reported in last Friday’s Gazette, was for twenty years a mainstay...
Thanksgiving 2007
Shifting Sands
Scientific study is yielding valuable insights into coastal erosion. Researchers have discovered that permanent structures built in...
Saturday at McCarthy Field: The Big Game
Whoever said it was only a game had it wrong. Like so many of the great football rivalries across the...
Harnessing Positive Energy