Martha's Vineyard Opinion | Vineyard Gazette

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

Vineyard Bookshelf: The Italian Prisoner

Steve Donoghue

At the beginning of Elisa Speranza’s fiction debut The Italian Prisoner, young Rose Marino is poised on the brink of committing a daring social act.

Escape Account

From the June 25, 1965 edition of the Vineyard Gazette:

Eastville Beach Needs Attention

Eastville Point Beach, for those who do not know, is located right off the Lagoon Pond drawbridge on the Oak Bluffs side. This five-plus-acre waterfront on two sides property was the site of the Mary Guerin Inn back in the 1960s. It extends along the jetty the that divides Vineyard Haven and Oak Bluffs and juts into the harbor, a prime location. It is an extremely valuable piece of beach real estate. This spring it resembled an abandoned industrial park.

Speaking Out Against Gun Violence

Rose Styron

Remarks delivered by the author at the nationally broadcast Peoples’ Filibuster for Gun Safety (24-7).

A Mystery Match

Paul Karasik

A Gazette graphic report.

Choose to Be Challenged

Henry D'Andrea

Bob Norris, a former Naval aviator, wrote a letter to an aspiring pilot. This pilot was accepted into both the United States’ Navy and Air Force academies, and wished to be a fighter pilot.