From the Vineyard Gazette editions of June, 1979: Hot Tin Roof, a combined dance hall, restaurant, and stage for live performances at the Dukes County Airport, opens Thursday evening with the 24th Street Band, a rhythm and blues group from New York city. The steel building has been designed and erected in 67 days with two bars, a dance floor, a separate banquette seating area for dining and a deck overlooking the dancers and stage, George Brush, the manager and one of three principal owners said.

From the Vineyard Gazette editions of June, 1908: To those who have always loved the Vineyard, a pretty book by Charles Gilbert Hine of New York makes its appeal. First, because of its pictorial beauty; second, because of the interest of the story; third, because of the nuggets of real history so aptly and easily distributed through the pages comprised between the covers of the Story of Martha’s Vineyard now on sale.

From the May 22, 1992 Just a Thought column by Arthur Railton: I watch birds. But I’m not a bird watcher. Bird watchers don’t watch birds, they go birding, looking for rare birds. They don’t mess with backyard birds that I watch. Most keep a record of every species they’ve seen. It’s their Life List. They travel miles, sit motionless for hours, staring through binoculars, to get a glimpse of a rare species, a bird they can add to their list. Once they’ve spotted a bird, they lose interest in it.

From the Vineyard Gazette editions of May, 1928: George W. Purdy, one-armed keeper of East Chop Lighthouse, has previously astonished his acquaintances with his engineering feat, but his latest one is the more remarkable of any yet performed. Supplies for the light are landed on the beach at the foot of the high bluff on which the lighthouse is situated. All along the shore of the government reservation is a heavy wall of loose boulders, weighing from one to several hundred pounds each.

From the Vineyard Gazette editions of May, 1955: The project of the regional high school is now before the Island towns again. We believe it is still true that no authority in the field of education has recommended any other solution than this for the Vineyard’s high school problems. This does not mean that a regional school plan can ever represent perfection. It does mean that educators find here the conditions for which a regional school is most nearly ideal, and that such a school can offer better opportunities for Island children than any other.

From the Vineyard Gazette editions of May, 1908: The lovely weather of the past week has been improved by housekeepers in having carpets beaten and a general war on dirt. Everyone is hustling to get their house in trim for the summer season. There have been many arrivals here during the week past of summer residents who have come to look after their property and have repairs or improvements made.