Clear rules, not whimsical subjectivity, ought to prevail
The oppressive nature of the Martha's Vineyard Commission's (MVC) enabling legislation derives from the broad discretion and broad license incorporated in it by the state legislature.
That was then, this is now – for broadband
The OpenCape effort to install the infrastructure for faster and more capacious broadband Internet access for the Cape and Islands will do us all a lot of good.
Letters, political ads, shifty Commenters, and the court report
The agenda today is catch-up — a few words about Letters to the Editor, including political and thank you letters, political advertising, complaints about deleted online comments, and a new diversion program for young offenders at Dukes County District Court.
Just raise the rates
As of September 21, Steamship Authority patronage was up robustly among passengers, automobiles, and freight.
That wasn’t a debate, this was a debate
Print deadlines made it impossible to use this space to comment on last night's presidential debate.
Scalable solution
Consultant Karen Sunnarborg is at work now preparing an Island housing needs assessment, a much-needed update to the reports prepared in 2001 and 2005 for the Martha's Vineyard Commission.
An instance of all-in generosity
Islanders benefit from astonishing levels of private philanthropy that endows or assists so many of us, in support of services we need.
Comcast prices Chappy service, but does it really want to deal
Comcast, making what it calls its final offer — and its first fully fleshed out proposal — will agree to cable Chappaquiddick Island, but residents of the small Edgartown neighborhood will have to pay $824,000 of the $1.
Our very universe in flux
Don't want to speak too soon, but summer ends Saturday, and no hurricane yet.
Lovely Iris delivered a message from the gods
Meteor showers, eclipses, and rainbows touch us in the deepest, nearly forgotten, vaults of our evolving natures.
Are we getting the eduation job done?
Here are some important back to school 2012 numbers.
Where do you turn for news and information
In 1981 — pre-Internet, pre-laptop, pre-WiFi, pre-Lady Gaga, pre-Jason Blair, pre-Huffington Post, pre-Daily Beast — John L.
Not a record of which neighbors can be proud
The sovereign Wampanoag Tribe of Gay Head (Aquinnah) faces several significant challenges.
Change, from the grassroots
The school year that begins today across the Island is one of important firsts for public education here.
We labor on
Americans celebrated Labor Day for the first time on September 5, 1882, in New York City.
Nothing beats The Fair
This morning's collection of photographs, in print and online in greater numbers, taken during the four days of the 151st Martha's Vineyard Agricultural Society Fair, tell an encouraging story.
Summing up
I hate it when people say "Islanders are concerned about" or "Islanders say" or "Islanders are furious with.