Recently the natural resources department of the Wampanoag Tribe of Gay Head (Aquinnah) was honored at the state house as a Champion of Toxics Use Reduction for our lead-free Vineyard fishing project, which encouraged fishermen to adopt non-lead tackle.

Brown University, Tufts University, Wellesley College, Middlebury College, American University, University of Virginia. Two senior males. All the rest senior women. And there were more. And all of them women. And all of them with honors. All to be celebrated in a special way, not just for graduating from the Martha’s Vineyard Regional High School, but for graduating with special recommendations.

BIKE PATH EXPANSION

Editors, Vineyard Gazette:

Regarding the Gazette story last Friday about bicycle paths.

A couple of clarifications are in order, as some of my quotes were out of context, some were mixed together, and some I never made at all.

It was late spring of Ali’s 42nd year. She telephoned, asking me to come over to see what her father did for her. Upon arrival at Ali’s wonderful old home of her late grandmother, I found her in this immense, newly turned garden all set for planting. To the artist in Ali this was a blank canvas, new brushes and a box of fresh paints. A finer garden spot one couldn’t dream of, yet from behind the shed she came with a weeding tiller. The metal part was antique but the long, gently arched wooden handles were new.

Pedal Politics

Summer Conversation

There are different ways to mark the beginning of summer. By the calendar it begins on the solstice Sunday. Then there are all the other small ways that signal the start of the season. At the Gazette office in Edgartown loyal subscribers to the newspaper have begun to drop in, to change their addresses so the paper can be delivered here, to say hello, perhaps comment on the latest news, ask about how our winter was on the Island.

Long and cold, deliciously quiet, sometimes a little too quiet, we reply.