The Martha's Vineyard Times
The story of Cottage City; “Let us go in peace”
Back in 1878, Cottage City was part of Edgartown, and that's the way the residents of the old town liked it.
Thanks
We'd like to thank all those who helped make the Martha's Vineyard Youth Leadership Initiative's Job Shadow Day a great success.
What’s up with cell service?
It just seems inconceivable that the cell service here is so terrible.
Walter R. Stacy
Walter R.
Margaret L. Schwier
Margaret Louise Schwier died on February 1 at Martha's Vineyard Hospital after a brief illness.
The gift of meditation
Laura Wainwright has written a thoughtful piece ("
Fantastic
Congratulations to Ralph Stewart.
Alternatives to turbines
If wind turbines and 150-foot towers were the only clean alternative energy methods available to Islanders, I would accept and live with their added noise and visual degradation as an essential part of green energy, but they are not.
Justice system is doing its job well
Your latest edition reports on an individual, Richard Morris, with three pending criminal cases in Edgartown, now being held without bail, and posits on the Editorial Page (Feb.
It’s a democracy, and you need to get to work
A functioning democracy requires the participation of its citizens.
They come whenever they’re called
Once again we owe our wonderful Tisbury Fire Department a debt of gratitude.
Governor’s health care saving plan raises questions
After announcing plans to shave $1 billion from projected health-care spending next fiscal year, the Patrick administration has provided little insight into how the governor intends to achieve that goal following years of exploding health costs.
Winter on Vineyard Haven Harbor
Our only companions today are sea gulls.
Dorothy A. Greene
Dorothy "Dotty" A.
Elizabeth F. Balco
Elizabeth F.
Lovely and generous
While I did not know Oak Bluffs's lifelong resident Geraldyne ("Gerry") DeBettencourt personally, who died in December [see obituary in January 27 Times], there was a very special treat she arranged for the Island several years ago that should be recalled with gratitude.
Unmatched generosity
Thanks to everyone who helped with the shoe drive over the last few months.
Katherine E. Sanders
Katherine E.
For the families of persons with mental illness
Mental illness affects not only the person who is ill, but their families and loved ones as well.
Time to embrace wind power and its ‘beacons of hope’
It is time for us all to embrace wind power.