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Fate of the Land Is in Our Hands

Brendan O'Neill | Thursday, August 12 2021 - 4:29pm

The Martha’s Vineyard Commission is taking an important step to address the Island’s growth crisis through a new carrying capacity study.

Climate change

Letters to the Editor

Letters To The Editor

MEDFLIGHT UNAFFECTED

Editors, Vineyard Gazette:

Boston MedFlight would like to comment on the recent article titled Air Space Restrictions Disrupt Angel Flights Service After All, published on August 25.

President Finds a Room of His Own

Ben W. Heineman Jr.

As the sun bathes the beach and the dunes in early morning light, I drink my first cup of coffee and see a Coast Guard cutter patrolling up and down the ocean shore in place of the familiar fishing trawlers. It must be looking for those radical fundamentalists who have swum across the Atlantic with scimitars in their teeth.

Tuesdays Will be Different

Labor Day is next week and now the season begins to change. This is the season of decrescendo, when the swamp maples turn red, wild grapes and beach plums ripen and bluefish begin to run again near the shore.

First Family Footprints

Letters to the Editor

Letters To The Editor

AGAINST CINDY SHEEHAN

Editors, Vineyard Gazette:

I am a lifelong Democrat and peace activist. I believe in diplomacy first and that war should only be an option when all else has failed.

This stated, I am strongly against the stand by Cindy Sheehan and the Martha’s Vineyard Peace Council against President Obama and the war in Afghanistan. The President inherited this mess. He was emphatic against the war in Iraq and is withdrawing our troops in a prudent manner.

Chappy Bike Paths Remain Hot Topic

Letters To The Editor

Chappy Path

Editors, Vineyard Gazette:

I write in response to the editorial in the August 11 issue of the Vineyard Gazette as well the two follow-up letters that were printed in the August 14 edition.