Opinion
Drilling Offshore, That Old Song Again
Richard Nixon seems an unlikely hero of conservationists, but he was the President who signed into law what Georgetown law professor Richard J. Lazarus calls the Magna Carta of environmental law, the National Environmental Policy Act. It was critical bipartisan action to regulate the impact of human activity on the environment; we soon had the Environmental Protection Agency, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration and the Clean Air Act.
Rainy Days, and Busy
Mid-September is when Islanders heave a collective sigh of relief. We hear it in the reclaiming of beaches closed to the public all summer long, in the restaking of favorite restaurants and in the discovery of not just one, but many open parking spots just where we need them. Yet in Vineyard Haven Sunday afternoon, not a single space was empty from the top of Main street to the end. Side streets too were full — even the secret spot behind the Church street tennis courts.
SAVING THE STRIPERS
Editors, Vineyard Gazette:
Cuttyhunk island, lying seven miles off the coast of Martha’s Vineyard and 14 off New Bedford, is connected to the coast by one ferry line and the services of charter fisherman. Since the 19th century, well after its initial discovery by Bartholomew Gosnold in the 1600s, the island has been a bastion of traditional Yankee fishing history and old-world character. This quaint fishing island was once referred to as New England’s own treasure island by a New England textile tycoon whose imprint remains indelibly stamped in the island landscape.
More Explanation Needed
Editors, Vineyard Gazette:
The following letter was sent to the Chilmark selectmen:
One More Slice
From the Vineyard Gazette editions of September, 1933: