Opinion
Blinders Off at the Blinker
The proposal to replace the blinker intersection in Oak Bluffs with a roundabout, under discussion now for a full decade, has become irresistible fodder for headline writers here and elsewhere. Facts and arguments are brought up and shot down, rising and falling like the Flying Horses, restated and refuted, over and over again. Will it improve safety? Will it reduce congestion? Will it change the character of the Island? Yes and no, yes and no.
TEN YEARS LATER
Editors, Vineyard Gazette:
Not being one for sentimentality, here I go for the first time: Two anniversaries are approaching for my husband, Richard and myself. First, moving to the Vineyard full-time 10 years ago, Nov. 5, and second, the sad anniversary of 9/11.
Photographer J. A. French (died ca. 1899) took many historic pictures of the Island during the years 1861-1898. Mr.
I attended the Martha’s Vineyard Commission hearing on Sept. 1 on the roundabout proposal for the Vineyard Haven-Edgartown Road intersection with Barnes and Airport Roads. As a longtime Island summer resident with occasional winters here, I have closely followed the work of the MVC, often with approval and admiration.
So Many to Thank
Editors, Vineyard Gazette:
I realize I am not much of a public speaker, but I’m working on that skill.
Here’s what I should have said at our Labor Day library event held at the Katama Airfield.
Could there be a better place to have a fun picnic than at the Right Fork Diner at Katama Airfield? Huge thanks to Jaime and her staff for being so welcoming and helpful. It wouldn’t have happened without you!
Moving Matters
From Gazette editions of September, 1936: