End to a Distinguished Public Career

It is fashionable these days to criticize the United States Congress and all those elected to serve the citizenry in every congressional district across this land. There is a rising populist protest in the country and the anger is directed not only at the institution of Congress but at just about every incumbent representative who today claims to do the people’s business from the distant back corridors of Capitol Hill.

Signs Matter

Character is in all the little features, those details that form the individual nature of a place. On the Vineyard, it’s in the split rail fences, shingles, dirt roads and old, working barns. And good for Edgartown for saying that it’s in signposts, too.

Chappaquiddick’s Long and Winding Road

Is a bike path really needed on Chappy, the last rural outpost on the Vineyard? It’s hard to say and there are two distinct points of view on the subject, but this much can be said: the current debate raging over the issue has grown needlessly vituperative. People on both sides of the issue must put down their swords and stop the finger-pointing or risk irreparable harm in their community.

Tisbury’s Good Idea

The Tisbury selectmen are on the right track as they begin to explore the idea of a two-town venture in shellfish management with their neighbor, the town of Oak Bluffs. In a working session last week the selectmen began a conversation with Oak Bluffs shellfish constable David Grunden about the possibilities of a shared venture. Tisbury has been without a permanent constable since the sudden death of Derek Cimeno last fall.

Hermits of the Bog

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