The case for more diversity in town leadership
Soon we will be going to town elections and town meetings to choose leaders for the next few years, and to weigh in on warrants to address town needs. This is a tradition that traces back hundreds of...
View ArticleIssues in passing
A few things to think about while we wait for the decision on Tom Brady and the New England Patriots. Will he stay or will he go? Coronavirus is a very real threat, and it’s creeping closer (cases now...
View ArticleElectric cars, the EPA, and us
The Island has become a major leader in combating climate change, especially regarding carbon emissions. Massachusetts has designated several towns as green communities, which, as The Times has...
View ArticleGoing to New York
Coronavirus, COVID-19, is causing travel to come to a halt across the world. Schools around the globe are canceling trips domestically and internationally in fear of students contracting the virus....
View ArticlePower to the little people
They’re still years away from voting themselves, but the kids from Plastic Free MV are making a difference, and demonstrated over the past week that they wield powerful clout. After the Tisbury board...
View ArticleGirl on the Run
“Girl on the Run,” is inspired by and commemorates the 100 years of suffrage and International Women’s Day, March 8. The 100 years since suffrage have spawned amazing changes in America for women. As...
View ArticleThe worst of times bring out our best
These are strange and somewhat haunting times we’re in. Schools closed. Gyms locked tight. Movie theater screens gone blank. You can’t check out a book at the library (though they have some great...
View ArticlePQ: Just who gained the power of the vote?
One hundred years ago this August, women in the United States gained the vote, or as some of us would say, gained the power of the vote. On Aug. 18, 1920, Tennessee became the 23rd state to ratify the...
View ArticleLet the sunshine in
This week is National Sunshine Week, which was created by the American Society of News Editors “to educate the public about the importance of open government and the dangers of excessive and...
View ArticleRising to the challenge
To the Editor: I have taken minutes for different organizations for most of my adult life, for the county commissioners, the health council, affordable housing committee, and for over the past 16 years...
View ArticleWe’re in this together
A letter to the Martha’s Vineyard Times family of readers: Community newspapers like The Martha’s Vineyard Times have an unusual bond with readers. We take our charge — to provide essential information...
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In the blink of an eye
Lorraine Parish visits a friend in self-quarantine. Confession time: I’ve developed an acute case of critter envy. I find myself daily wanting to be one of my dogs, or a bird at my feeder, or that...
View ArticleThe Electoral College is here to stay
Politics and primaries have rightly taken second place to concerns about COVID-19. But recently, as we move toward the presidential election, renewed criticism has arisen about the Electoral College,...
View ArticleTracking the worldwide pandemic
To date, Switzerland has the most Coronavirus cases per million of population closely followed by Italy and Spain. This is likely due to the small size of Switzerland at 8.5 million people so easier to...
View ArticleA view from the trenches
I’m not sure I have much story to tell, except for my curious place on Martha’s Vineyard. I am neither the dreaded summer person trying to live out the virus here in this off-season nor am I the...
View ArticleMeeting the challenge of COVID-19 as a community
In frightening times, it is perhaps a universal feeling to prioritize the safety of our family over all else. To that end, we draw close to our immediate community and too frequently turn our backs on...
View ArticleWorking toward a future resilient MV
I would like to take a moment to share some of my reflections over the past few weeks as I have watched COVID-19 rip through the world and begin to descend on our beloved Island. I urge everyone —...
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School lunch during a pandemic
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View ArticlePatriot’s Day 2020
Today, as I write this, is Patriot’s Day in Massachusetts. It is a holiday in a few states, but Massachusetts is key because it is commemorated with school closings (not unique this year), the Boston...
View ArticleA half-century of Earth Days: The world is ours for the changing
Fifty years ago today, 20 million Americans — 10 percent of the population — gathered in the streets of cities and towns large and small to mark the planet’s first Earth Day. The event — and the...
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