Tag Archives: Vineyard Gazette

Mayday & Mary

Posted on May 5, 2012 by Susanna J. Sturgis

I. May 5, 1971 Just over a month shy of my 20th birthday, I got busted on the Capitol steps along with about 1,200 other people. It was the third day of the Mayday demonstrations against the war in Indochina, … Continue reading →

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Shooting Update

Posted on March 26, 2012 by Susanna J. Sturgis

Both the Martha’s Vineyard Times and the Vineyard Gazette have updated their stories on Friday’s shooting. Key points: Michael O’Keefe, district attorney for the Cape and Islands, has determined that this was a homicide committed in self-defense. Cynthia Bloomquist will … Continue reading →

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Guns, No Glory

Posted on March 26, 2012 by Susanna J. Sturgis

No significant updates have been reported on last Friday’s shooting in my town. As far as I know, Cynthia Bloomquist is still in the hospital. It now appears that Kenneth Bloomquist broke into the house carrying both a rifle and … Continue reading →

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Shooting in My Town

Posted on March 23, 2012 by Susanna J. Sturgis

Trav and I were practicing a bit on the tennis court this morning when an EMT sped down Old County Road, lights flashing, siren wailing. A few moments later a West Tisbury police cruiser followed, then another emergency vehicle. An … Continue reading →

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Monster Houses

Posted on December 7, 2011 by Susanna J. Sturgis

Before I lapsed from monotheism, I was confirmed in the Episcopal Church. My parents said that if I completed confirmation class, I didn’t have to go to church anymore. (They didn’t put it quite that way, but close enough.) Some … Continue reading →

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It Isn’t Nice

Posted on November 29, 2011 by Susanna J. Sturgis

Last Friday’s Vineyard Gazette carried an op-ed about the roundabout by Dan Greenbaum, a retired transportation consultant who now lives in Chilmark. Mr. Greenbaum is a voting member of the Martha’s Vineyard Joint Transportation Committee, an advisory group that helped … Continue reading →

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Goofs Don’t Have to Be Forever

Posted on October 26, 2011 by Susanna J. Sturgis

In our last installment about the roundabout proposed for the blinker intersection, things were looking pretty bleak for the home team. Not that the project’s proponents were looking especially good: at around 11 p.m. on October 6, after yet another … Continue reading →

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What’s Up with the M.V. Times?

Posted on August 25, 2011 by Susanna J. Sturgis

For the background to this post, see “Land Grab,” Aug. 17, 2011. The story in today’s Martha’s Vineyard Times, posted to the paper’s website yesterday and dated Aug. 24, opens with this sentence: “Massachusetts Land Court Associate Justice Alexander H. … Continue reading →

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Yesterday, From the Seasonally Occupied Territories was viewed 460 times. That’s more than four times the previous daily high. “Land Grab” got 412 views, making it by far the most read story published on this site. It’s attracted some thoughtful … Continue reading →

Posted on August 18, 2011 by Susanna J. Sturgis | 3 Comments

First-Person Plural

Posted on July 19, 2011 by Susanna J. Sturgis

When I moved to Martha’s Vineyard in 1985, I’d been immersed for eight years in the feminist women-in-print movement and the local (mostly) lesbian women’s community. Before that I’d been a student activist and an organizer against the Vietnam War. … Continue reading →

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