Birthright citizenship and our Brazilian neighbors
“All persons born or naturalized in the United States, and subject to the jurisdiction thereof, are citizens of the United States and of the State wherein they reside.” –the 14th Amendment to the U.S....
View ArticleHospital should answer on layoffs
The recent revelations of layoffs at Martha’s Vineyard Hospital are troubling for Islanders, and how we learned about them and the questions we still have about them raise some important questions...
View ArticleRestore Mill Brook
It’s been called the Cranberry Wars, and that conflict offers lessons that Islanders can learn from today. The period was not long ago, just across the Sound on Cape Cod, when the cranberry industry...
View ArticleA drumroll for the next generation of Island writers …
Our small Island has produced an outsize and truly extraordinary legacy of celebrated writers through the years. A question for us to ponder is, How do we inspire a new generation of Island writers to...
View ArticleBottle ban is enforceable
The Vineyard Conservation Society (VCS) is a local, member-supported nonprofit land conservation and environmental advocacy organization that has been working since 1965 to preserve the natural...
View ArticleA pause on State Forest plan is warranted
The state’s proposal to cut some 175 acres of white pine in the Manuel F. Correllus State Forest has become a fraught issue on the Island. There is passion, reason, logic, and science voiced in both...
View ArticleThe Vineyard needs to rally around its homeless.
The Vineyard is coming up short on one of the most rudimentary moral principles: supporting its most vulnerable. On March 1, after years of looking for a more permanent location, the nonprofit that...
View ArticleReview of Steamship electric vehicle policy warranted
There is no question that climate change is having a detrimental effect on our planet and our way of life. If we are smart, we’ll transition to a fossil-fuel-free world as quickly and safely as we can....
View ArticleA narrow bridge
There is a famous Jewish teaching by the Rebbe Nachman of Breslov, who lived about 250 years ago. He said, “The entire world is just a narrow bridge, and the essential thing is not to be afraid at...
View ArticleGas versus electric leaf blowers: A way forward
A growing controversy on the Island is the use of gas-powered leaf blowers. There may be a way to resolve the issues –– but first, some background. Warrant articles limiting and ultimately banning gas...
View ArticleStruggles of immigration — as ancient as the Bible, as modern as picket signs...
The global movement of people seeking to flee tyranny, poverty, and violence, or to search for freedom in a distant land, is a continuum of human history. It is as ancient as the biblical Book of...
View ArticleA return to civil discourse
As promised, The MV Times is bringing back the online comment section, after a respite over the holidays and a review of our policies for posting online. As we have stated in the past, the dialogue had...
View ArticleWildfires, insurance turbulence mark an unnerving turning point
If there are still any doubters, the apocalyptic images coming out of Los Angeles should be the proof everyone needs that climate change is not only real, it is an existential threat to our way of...
View ArticlePushing toward solutions
We are all worried. Some of us are actually scared. The Steamship Authority is our connection to critical, lifesaving services. The Steamship Authority’s failure to operate as we need and expect...
View ArticleA note of gratitude: Community support is how we sustain local news
One year ago, I walked into 30 Beach Road here in Vineyard Haven to start a “part-time” job as publisher of this weekly newspaper. And right away, I was met with what felt like biblical plagues....
View ArticleBuyer’s remorse and the election
buyer’s remorse: “A sense of regret after having committed to an endorsement, policy, plan of action.” –second definition, dictionary.com Millions of people voted for former Pres. Donald J. Trump in...
View ArticleVineyard needs a unified voice on offshore wind
When news broke that a turbine blade fractured earlier this summer — with foam and fiberglass landing on beaches as far away as Rhode Island and Provincetown — the outcry on Martha’s Vineyard felt...
View ArticleReflections in Ireland on our presidential election
The ties that bind Ireland and the U.S., formed during the brutal years of the Great Irish Famine, are intense. America represented salvation and a chance to rebuild shattered lives. Over time, these...
View ArticleA big thank you to our ‘sustainers’
For the last week, we have reached out to you, our readers, to ask for your support to help make our news organization sustainable, so we can continue to provide fair, balanced, fact-based coverage of...
View ArticleIf not Spring Street, where?
As with my resignation from the Tisbury planning board, I have deliberated long and hard whether there would be any value to my comments on the volatile situation that is occurring at 97 Spring St.,...
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