Opinion
Fall began last month and already woods and fields are burnished with red, gold and bronze. The nights are still tinged with mist and fog, but there is a nip in the air now that will grow sharper as the days grow shorter. Walkers and joggers wear an extra layer in the early mornings, and the first frost is only a matter of time for tender outdoor plants.
We weren’t sure that we were ever going live this one down. It was the biggest scandal in island history or at least for a month or two. We still call it Clamscam.
It was to be the 40th summer in our Mattaksett home.
After healing knee replacement for her
The summer season ferry reservation was secured.
I love The Port Authority Bus Terminal in New York city. Buses, more than planes or trains, make me feel as though I’m sneaking away, as though I’m escaping. With my big bag packed on this autumn day, few know that I’m leaving town for Martha’s Vineyard or when I’ll be back. This is how I like it. Nobody buys a round-trip bus ticket.
There’s more than high school team rivalry that keeps people on the Vineyard and Nantucket braced apart from one another. Unless you’re one of the lucky wanderers who has traveled back and forth with enough frequency to consider both Islands home, a chance visit to the Island You Don’t Know could make you almost-imperceptibly-but-ever-so-slightly uneasy.
From the Vineyard Gazette editions of October, 1979: We are the second poorest county in the state, but it’s a hard thing to find out how many poor people there are.” Margot Moore, director of the Edgartown Council on Aging, shares this problem with most of the Island’s social service agencies. And with winter and high fuel costs approaching, the problem of getting financial assistance to the Island and to eligible Islanders is increasingly urgent.