Commentary
Ink by the Barrel
From the Gazette editions of December, 1908:
WORTH FIGHTING FOR
Editors, Vineyard Gazette:
I’m writing in response to your Nov. 21 editorial titled Educating Children Early.
Sometimes the juxtaposition of two appar ently unrelated stories provides more incisive commentary than the best editorial or op-ed. Take the front page of last Friday’s Vineyard Gazette.
Editor’s Note: Under discussion for 30 years, a Chappaquiddick bike path is on the drawing board again. An application has been filed with the Edgartown Community Preservation Committee for funds, and an active debate is now under way on the separated island about the pros and cons of a bike path. What follows is a selection of letters that have been sent to the Community Preservation Committee.
Long Overdue
Editors, Vineyard Gazette:
Bells and Whistles
From the Gazette editions of November, 1933:
Thanksgiving
Eighteen eider ducks
are swimming in the sun
from Vineyard Haven’s harbor
on their lighthouse run
underneath our dock and by
our bright sand cove
they pause to feed, then spin and
dance in pairs, as if in love
with the freezing winter weather
come too soon: November, first
plunging from Indian summer