Martha's Vineyard Opinion | Vineyard Gazette

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.

A world of thanks to so many people who made Songs for a Sister, a fundraiser on my behalf, an overwhelming success.

From the September 11, 1942 edition of the Vineyard Gazette:

How to measure summer? Number of beach days. Number of fish caught. Number of stars in the sky. Number of hours worked.

How many for Labor Day? Mom would ask at supper the week before. We had to account for ourselves and guests so she could order food.

I’m more than half Southern, but I grew up in Massachusetts. Until recently I thought of Confederate statues as a matter of heritage and history.

Susanna Styron emailed me that she would be showing her documentary Suspended Sentence in Chilmark.