A Warrior Who Worked for Children
5:40 pm, January 29, 2015C.K. WolfsonCharmed by her warmth and her genial presence, one might forget that she is a warrior, commissioned with the simple and clear logic of her principles and armed with...
View ArticleGoddess of Snow
5:49 pm, January 29, 2015Snow began falling on Monday afternoon; then came the howling winds. High tide brought icy floodwaters to the harborfront and fierce waves lashed beaches and docks.
View ArticlePlanning Board Rescinds Vote on Mullen Way Development
7:21 pm, January 29, 2015Olivia Hull Two weeks after they took a unanimous vote to approve a subdivision on Mullen Way, the Edgartown planning board has rescinded their decision and referred the...
View ArticleVineyard Power and Partner Win Offshore Wind Lease
7:30 pm, January 29, 2015Julia WellsThe Island-owned energy cooperative, along with a partner, was awarded a provisional lease to develop an offshore wind farm in federal waters off the Vineyard.
View ArticleGood Samaritans Out in Force, Delivering Meals, Shoveling Snow
7:35 pm, January 29, 2015Ivy Ashe As the winds whipped snow across the Island Monday night and Tuesday, most people hunkered down and stayed inside, off the slippery roads and out of the chill. But...
View ArticleVineyard Lights Stayed On, While Sister Island Cut Off from World
7:37 pm, January 29, 2015Alex ElvinLights flickered out across the eastern part of the state at the height of the blizzard Tuesday, with power outages in every town on Cape Cod, and all of Nantucket...
View ArticleJanuary Storm One for Record Books With Heavy Snow, Howling Winds
7:44 pm, January 29, 2015Olivia Hull By many accounts, the blizzard that dropped 20-plus inches of snow and battered the coastline with hurricane-force winds was historic. Days after it first struck,...
View ArticleNorton Point Breach Nears End Point
1:20 pm, January 26, 2015Tom DunlopThe blizzard of 2015 spared Norton Point, the long barrier beach that is about to reconnect Chappaquiddick to the rest of the Vineyard, from further breaching. Chris...
View ArticleBlizzard's Track Began in Midwest
7:51 pm, January 29, 2015Mark Alan LovewellThe storm that battered the Vineyard this week began in the middle of the country as a small snowstorm known as an Alberta Clipper.
View ArticleArtist, Friend
2:38 pm, December 22, 2011I write this to pay tribute to a dear friend and fellow artist I am lucky to have known the last 10 years, both as a business associate and dear friend, Tom DeMont Jr.I...
View ArticleDear All...
2:40 pm, December 22, 2011Better late than never. Merry Christmas to my family and friends. To those who attended my MVRHS graduation, a belated thank you.Also thanks to my Uncle Steve and Aunt Laurie...
View ArticleGoal Reached
2:41 pm, December 22, 2011We would like to express our gratitude for all those who generously contributed to Local Women, Global Mission’s fund-raising effort. We are proud to announce that we reached...
View ArticleKeep Pantry Full
6:52 pm, December 15, 2011I work at the food pantry as a volunteer. I now get it about the hardship on Island that justifies support for the food pantry. It’s real to me, now I see that it’s more that...
View ArticleUnder the Roundabout
6:53 pm, December 15, 2011When I had a tunnel permit bumper sticker on my car, I said it eliminated waiting in the standby line for the steamship. Now I propose eliminating the issue of the roundabout...
View ArticleFan Letter
6:54 pm, December 15, 2011Sharks fans: I just wanted to inform all of you before you found out before the summer started that I will not be returning for a second season on Martha’s Vineyard. I wanted...
View ArticleParade Extra
6:56 pm, December 22, 2011It was great to see the Gazette represented in this year’s Christmas Parade. Thanks for participating and being a part of the Island community.Jim WynnEdgartown
View ArticleBeautiful Gift
6:57 pm, December 15, 2011The beautification committee in Edgartown has received two gifts in memory of Marie Sbardelli of Chestnut Hill, who died on Oct. 24. These gifts were given by friends of her...
View ArticleLook Again
6:58 pm, December 15, 2011What gives, honestly, with our representative’s stonewalling of the many scientific and intuitive questions which are being asked of the 9/11 Commission Report, and the...
View ArticleRunning on Empty
6:59 pm, December 15, 2011Oil and natural gas are found in two different varieties, conventional and unconventional. Conventional oil is liquid crude oil. Conventional natural gas is free untrapped...
View ArticleIan Bardwell Named to Dean's List
10:53 am, February 2, 2015Ian Bardwell was named to the dean’s list for the fall 2014 semester at Quinnipiac University in Hamden, Conn.
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