Editorials
Nature seems to whisper during a snowstorm as a blanketing hush falls over the land, sky and sea.
A full moon hung in the December sky this week, casting long shards of light across the darkened landscape of oncoming winter.
If gambling is about winning, it’s hard to see victory for anyone in the lawsuit brought last month by Gov. Deval Patrick against the Wampanoag Tribe of Gay Head (Aquinnah).
They’ve been seen and photographed at Katama in Edgartown, on Beach Road in Oak Bluffs and on windswept beaches from Cape Pogue to Aquinnah.
At the risk of playing Scrooge at Christmastime, we feel compelled to question the plan to hold the Oak Bluffs town holiday party next week at a restaurant and bar owned by one of the town selectmen.
Saturday of Thanksgiving weekend and the ferry Martha’s Vineyard was temporarily out of service. Crews were working to repair the problem. Meanwhile, with some trips cancelled, standby lines for cars began to grow in both Woods Hole and Vineyard Haven. The Steamship Authority handled the overflow with practiced efficiency. Lift decks on the ferry Island Home were used to take extra cars. The freight ferry Katama shuttled back and forth alongside the Island Home like a sturdy lieutenant, her open decks also packed with cars.