Martha's Vineyard Commentary | 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

Get It Right From the Start

Editor’s Note: The following is excerpted from comments submitted by the Martha’s Vineyard Commission last week to the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management, Regulation and Enforcement. The complete text of the comments may be read on the commission’s Web site at mvcommission.org.

Rites of Spring Include a Little Sacrifice

Jeanne Hewett

This is a pagan story that happens at Easter. Or an Easter story that happens when pagans attend to the rites of spring. At any rate it has a little girl in bright clothing, grownups in shiny shoes with feathers in their hats, fruits and sweets and new laid eggs on the altar of a woven basket, and two little animals, the centerpiece of this day. Ultimately there will be a sacrifice.

The Joy of Swarming

Terrie Gifford Bradley Gifford

They call it a swarming, much like bees around a hive, but that’s how the Gifford family of Harthaven refers to their annual spring cleanup and construction project weekend. Using school vacations, the entire group of 22 converge to complete tasks ranging from cleaning leaves out of gardens to complex jobs like building fencing and replacing an entire garage roof.