W hat is the problem with extending Comcast service to Chappy? Is it so ridiculous to think that those who live on Chappy would like access to the same 21st century technology available to the rest of Edgartown like TV, high speed internet, access to MVTV or emergency broadcasts, etc? A few of us on the island are able to get DSL and the rest a WISP service, the lowest tech option available for end-of-line areas off the map.

WRONGLY BLAMED

Editors, Vineyard Gazette:

I read with great dismay your editorial about our town administrator Michael Dutton. Having lived through the tenure of every town administrator we have ever had in Oak Bluffs and with regular attendance at most of the meetings of the board of selectmen, I can say with all honesty, I think you are sadly mistaken and totally misinformed.

All Aboard

From Gazette editions of January, 1961:

The All’s Right with the World department received a much needed boost on Monday night when the steamer Nantucket, which was already rounding Nobska Point on its journey from Woods Hole to Vineyard Haven, turned around and went back to pick up six Island-bound passengers.

Cottage City Coffers on Empty

The financial crisis that has been gathering for three years in Oak Bluffs appears to be deepening, with the Massachusetts Department of Revenue throwing down the latest penalty flag on the field: The town must cut nearly a quarter of a million dollars from its current fiscal year budget before the tax rate can be set. Revenue projections are off — way off. And why? There is no coherent explanation and that is the most troubling part of the story.

Buried Treasure

From a 1967 article by Joseph Chase Allen:

The wild duck and goose on passage may well look down in surprise to see this pond. An acre, perhaps an acre and a half in area, it is so close to the waters of Vineyard Sound that hurricanes have always driven the sea through gaps in the sand dunes to flood the narrow deep valley beyond and to swell this pond to unusual proportions.

CRIME AND PUNISHMENT

Editors, Vineyard Gazette: