Opinion
As Vineyard House breaks ground on the construction of our new consolidated campus it is only appropriate to thank other Island agencies that also support our population and our mission. Primary among these is the New Paths Program at Community Services. This six-week day program offers counseling and helps those in early recovery from substance abuse develop coping and life skills that are necessary for continued sober living.
The dial telephone system, which will be introduced to Martha's Vineyard on May 5 in Chilmark, will need no introduction to Mrs. Janet Swift of Vineyard Haven, whose father, James Laurence McQuarrie, was responsible for its invention.
Earth Day began in 1970 and on the Vineyard a raggedy band of early conservationists led by Bob Woodruff scoured the Island picking up more than three thousand pounds of trash on that day.
The job of taking the weekly water temperature is, on the surface, a solitary one. The walk begins out of the Gazette doors and down to the water’s edge at the Edgartown harbor.
Remember when how you felt was the biggest part of you? When you had a feeling and no matter what your mind said you trusted your gut more?
The Vineyard Gazette from Nov. 5, 1937, my birthday edition paper, was great fun to read and I was amazed at how many people and places I can recall.