Opinion
On the last Sunday in May for the past 28 years, I have been listening to the reading in the Federated Church of the names of those Edgartown men who served in the Civil War.
This is the traditional lead-up to the weekend that marks the unofficial start of summer on the Vineyard.
Imagine an ocean of islands spanning ten million square miles. Now imagine you must navigate that world without charts or instruments.
Memorial Day means wistful remembrance of the dead, flower sprinkled graves, cemetery pilgrimages, sermons and speeches.
I believe it was irresponsible for the regional high school committee to approve phase one of MV@Play’s plan.
I attended the meeting where the public was invited to comment on the proposal of MV@Play to install one or more artificial-turf fields at the high school.