From the August 3, 1934 edition of the Vineyard Gazette: Peter J. Taeger, Oak Bluffs contractor and builder, sounds another cheering note with reference to the business come-back that the Vineyard is staging.

From the July 26, 1923 edition of the Vineyard Gazette: Two old shipmates had a fine “gam” the other day out in Dartmouth. They had not seen one another since they parted in New Bedford sixty years ago.

From the Jul 18, 1967 edition of the Vineyard Gazette: If anyone wants to see a community in action, he really ought to attend a church fair such as that held Wednesday by the women of the West Tisbury Congregational Church Improvement Society.

Gazette Chronicle: From the July 13, 1982 edition of the Vineyard Gazette: Tom Rush was arrested for skinny-dipping in Chilmark. With his clothes on.

From the July 8, 1958 edition of the Vineyard Gazette: What Edgartown police estimated to be “in the neighborhood of 15,000 people” swarmed through Edgartown on the night of the Fourth of July.

From the June 24, 1949 edition of the Vineyard Gazette: One hundred years ago the character of the Island population was distinctly amphibious. Fishermen-farmers were everywhere and bona-fide seafarers were to be found in every town.