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

Preserving High School Arts Funding

Deborah Mayhew

There appears to be a misconception in the com munity about the outcome of efforts to prevent cuts in the performing arts department at the Martha’s Vineyard Regional High School for the next academic year. I am writing to offer some clarification and to ask for your help.

Gazette Chronicle: Snowbound

Eulalie Regan

Snowbound

By Joseph B. Elvin, one-time member of the Lambert’s Cove community, and occasional contributor to the Gazette. From the Vineyard Gazette editions of May, 1952:

Sophomores Speak Out

Hi, I’m Troy Small, this week’s Sophomores Speak Out editor. We are bringing a lot of new thoughts to the table this week. We’re talking about racism in our school and community, how teenagers deal with winter on the Island, how transportation is really hard for sophomores who have not got their licenses yet, school bullying and how we lose our heroes. Like the rest of the country, we are talking about the presidential election and our hopes for a better world.

Is Racism A Thing Of The Past?

Backlash

In a strange and disturbing turn, much of the emotion aroused over a fatal Vineyard traffic accident in late January has shifted from grief over the young woman who died to an outpouring of anger and resentment against the Island’s Brazilian community.

A Brazilian native, Francellyo Dias, was driving a delivery van when it was struck by a car driven by Brandy Marie Gibson. She was killed. Mr. Dias and a passenger in the van, Keila Lessa, were injured and airlifted to Boston.

School Bond, Town Obligation

The regional high school district committee was correct to rescind its vote on the sewage treatment bond issue once it came to light that Island towns had not been properly informed of their right to vote on the matter.

Winter Sunshine

Enrichment is indeed alive and well at the Martha’s Vineyard Regional High School where the education programs reach well beyond the traditional academic confines. Here are three examples:

Six students at the Martha’s Vineyard Regional High School were honored for excellence in art work this week as winners in the prestigious Boston Globe scholastic art competition.