Opinion
On behalf of the staff and board at the Vineyard Conservation Society, I would like to express our deepest gratitude to the Island community,
Twenty years ago on May 17, joyous Massachusetts gay and lesbian couples began marrying shortly after midnight.
We at the Chappaquiddick Island Association have watched with concern for more than two years as the Trustees of Reservations and the Edgartown Conservation Commission have wrestled over the appropriate stewardship of our barrier beaches of Wasque, Leland and Cape Pogue.
In response to Katie Theoharides article Everyone Should Have Access to Chappy Beaches, I am absolutely stunned by the Trustees lack of awareness and understanding of the island which is home to this fragile and increasingly threatened beach.
From the May 12, 1967 edition of the Vineyard Gazette:
When I was quite young, in the late 1950’s, I remember pleading with my father as we were setting off on one of our Sunday drives: “Dad, let’s get lost.”