Editorials
August is the month of sunflowers in the fields, long days at the shore and on the water, unhurried evenings with friends on the porch while the sturgeon moon rises, a time when summer feels fleeting at best.
At the West Tisbury Farmers’ Market, an impromptu conversation popped up between two strangers standing in line waiting to buy bread.
The wildflowers have been muted in this year of weather extremes — dry, dry spring followed by a midsummer drenched with intermittent showers.
The perennial friction between those who cherish the Old Martha’s Vineyard and those who want to fix it up has reached a new peak of intensity as the Island experiences another wave of migration and building pressure.
It’s time for a new school in Tisbury. Past time, to be sure, but at this stage there is no need to dwell on the past and every reason to look to the future.
With the Steamship Authority’s online reservation system now back online, it’s time for the boat line to let the public know what happened — and how its hacked technology was restored.