I went fishing the other day at the jetty by the Vineyard Haven drawbridge. It was early evening, the sun beginning to set, and I was alone on the rocks. The sky was clear and on the horizon the mainland hovered like a thick slice of bread. The steamship chugged by sending four-foot swells my way and a seagull taunted me from above.

TURNED OFF

Editors, Vineyard Gazette:

Field of David’s Dreams

From Abroad and Without Work

Shine On

From a June, 1950 Gazette edition:

A retrospect of prohibition days on Martha’s Vineyard brings to light certain annals not unlike those familiar to the nation at large. It was inevitable that an Island conveniently situated off the coast and accessible from the sea would be involved in some of the activities of the era — and the Vineyard was, though many residents saw little or nothing of these activities and the community as a whole stood apart from lawlessness then as now.

As Sophomores Turn to Juniors