Tuesday, March 5 marks a moment in black history; on that day 243 years ago Crispus Attucks, part black, part Wampanoag, became the first person...
It’s been a quiet week on Chappaquiddick — in fact, the quietest week of the year. School vacation, February, and living on an island add up to a...
Well, we are waiting for yet another storm. I know it has been dark and gloomy and snowy and rainy, but I am glad we are not watching the TV for...
Did you catch all three seconds of me on television Tuesday night? Remember Warhol said, “In the future everyone will be famous for 15 minutes?” Well...
JOHN S. ALLEY 508-693-2950
Chilmark was favored with a mostly clear evening and bright full moon this weekend. It was a treat to see it between storms. As I write midweek it is...
JUNE D. MANNING 508-645-2574 (lthslnks2004@yahoo.com)
It’s school vacation week on the Island; all is quiet, cold and a bit heavy with the near-constant threat these days of evermore snow. Those unable...
Valentine’s day may be just a memory of roses and chocolate for some; however, love is still in the air for the raccoon. Raccoon romance...
We have had a spate of dead seabirds along our shores. Most recently, Lanny McDowell found five dead razorbills and one dead common murre along a...
Here I am in Rew attending to the affairs of my mother as a result of her recent death. Like so many before me, it is quite an adjustment to become...
The Vineyard Nursing Association, Vineyard Health Care Access Program and Island Health are collaborating on a pilot program for people who are...

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