In the second block of Circuit avenue between Park, now Healy Way, and Narragansett avenues, postcards give a glimpse at the street scene a century ago.

The Metropolitan Hotel, one of the town’s landmarks, filled the corner of Circuit, Park and Kennebec avenues. Postcards show not only the exterior of the 75-room hotel with its tall clock tower, but also its first-floor retail shops, Norton’s Pharmacy and Rausch’s confectionary.

Peg’s Steady Regime

50 Years Ago

From the Vineyard Gazette editions of October, 1957:

Today is the right time for Aquinnah to opt for energy independence and conservation with a major town-owned windturbine at the Gay Head Cliffs area.

On almost the last day of summer my husband and I loaded our kayaks on top of the car and found our way to the entrance of Squibnocket Pond for our last waterway exploration of the summer.

PROTECT HORSE TRAILS

Editors, Vineyard Gazette:

The following letter was sent to the Martha’s Vineyard Commission.