Opinion
I remember driving to church from Chilmark to Vineyard Haven with my family when I was a young boy and one of my favorite highlights was driving by the Mill Pond.
From the Vineyard Gazette edition of April 11, 1958 by Elizabeth B. Hough: Edgartown had a brief sample on Saturday of total war — war from the skies. Perhaps others of the Vineyard towns had the same experience.
The announcement that the Tisbury selectmen have made a million-dollar deal to throw the town’s support behind the Stop & Shop expansion threatens to make a mockery of the whole review process.
Often called the purest form of democracy, town meeting government remains alive and well here. Voters, check your warrants; there are many important issues to consider this year.
This spring the annual town meeting warrants in each of the six Vineyard towns will include articles asking the voters to adopt board of health regulations governing the use of fertilizer on turf.
The current Gay Head Lighthouse has been standing sentinel on the clay cliffs of Aquinnah since 1856. It is now in danger and it desperately needs the entire Island community to help save it.