Mary Oliver
The wind wags its many tails. And in the evening the piled firewood shifts a little, longing to be on its way. —Mary Oliver
The wind wags its many tails. And in the evening the piled firewood shifts a little, longing to be on its way. —Mary Oliver
You can open or overcall a weak two-bid with a five-card suit.
Sen. Edward Markey will hold a town hall meeting on Sunday, June 24 from 4 to 5:30 p.m. at the Martha’s Vineyard Hebrew Center.
High water temperatures, water diversion and inflated levels of nitrogen and phosphorus all threaten the Mill Brook river system, a report concludes.
With the failed plan for a new school behind them, selectmen and school committee members took tentative steps to start over.
Martha’s Vineyard Playhouse executive and artistic director MJ Bruder Munafo moved the Vineyard when she was 19. She discovered her love for the theatre here and never looked back.
The Martha’s Vineyard Regional High School girls’ tennis team is now the official pride of the Island after winning the state championship for the fourth straight year.
The Martha’s Vineyard Regional High School girls’ tennis team just won its fourth state championship in a row.
The respected and decorated former Martha’s Vineyard Regional High School football coach of 28 years, is coming back. High athletic director Mark McCarthy confirmed Thursday that Mr. Herman has been hired to coach the Vineyarders this fall.
The trouble with spring in New England is that it’s usually nothing more than a hastily stitched doormat to summer
Our American flag, held aloft by Trump, Pence and cowering Republicans, is now at a different angle.
Kudos to state Sen. Julian Cyr for offering the Community Empowerment amendment to a senate bill last week.
The withdrawal of the plan for a new Tisbury School was signed on behalf of the town.
Let’s be reasonable. It is not the mission or the responsibility of a conservation group to provide and maintain dog parks.
Cana Courtney was named to the spring 2018 dean’s list at Saint Michael’s College.
Grant Santos was named to the dean’s list at Colby College in Waterville, Me.
Charlotte R. McCarron received a bachelor of arts degree in economics from Hobart and William Smith Colleges.
Lindsay Vieira of Vineyard Haven graduated from the University of New Haven with a bachelor of science degree in criminal justice.
Regional High School track star Mackenzie Condon placed 16th out of 45 runners in the 400-meter hurdles at the National Outdoor Track Meet.
Chantal Booker of Chilmark and Della Burke of Oak Bluffs both graduated from the University of New Hampshire in Durham.
Lindsay Vieira of Vineyard Haven graduated from the University of New Haven with a bachelor of science degree in criminal justice.
Ongoing staff shortages in the Tisbury police department were a topic for discussion with the town selectmen this week.
The Martha’s Vineyard Land Bank reported revenues of $375,948 for the business week ending on Friday, June 15, 2018.
Sawyer Realty Group LLC purchased 68 Lagoon Pond Road in Vineyard Haven from Jeffrey Earley for $807,500 on June 13.
Union Chapel opens its doors for the summer season this Sunday, June 24.
The Martha’s Vineyard Senior Men’s Doubles Championships will be held from Sept. 28-30 at Farm Neck Golf Club.
Full moon, the summer moon, is Thursday night. It is one of the smallest full moons of the year.
Mr. Kitty is only eight and is really more black and white than tuxedo.
The West Tisbury Mill Brook watershed management planning committee has completed its work on the Mill Brook watershed study.
The Martha’s Vineyard Chamber Music Society has named Louisa Gould as its new executive director
Edgartown has received a state grant for sustainable design at the new town library.
The weather in Aquinnah has been ever changing: cold, warm, windy, cloudy, foggy and rain on Monday evening. Summer is here and many families are arriving for their summer sojourns.
By the time the Gazette hits the newsstands on Friday I will have spent the first half of my two-week trip to the West Coast.
Lindsay and Aaron Brown of Chilmark announce the birth of a son, Bennett Williams Brown, born June 16 at the Martha’s Vineyard Hospital.
For a retiree, Marty Nadler is working pretty hard these days.
Keikilane and Leokani Lindsey, of the Hawaiian father-son group Mele’uhane, first visited Martha’s Vineyard in June of 2016.
Artist M-C Lamarre specializes in painting murals of Fenway Park’s Green Monster. She is closing in on 200 murals but is looking to hit 300 or more.
They say a picture is worth a thousand words, but this photo may require only about half as many.
The Cape Cod Five Cents Savings Bank celebrated a grand opening for its newest branch at the Triangle in Edgartown Tuesday afternoon.
It always struck me as odd that after the summer solstice the days start getting shorter.
Migration in the spring is a race northward to their breeding grounds.
Musical Mondays, the popular outdoor summer concert series held at Featherstone Center for the Arts for the past 21 years, will be cancelled this summer.
Samuel Graber-Hahn, Galya Walt and Benjamin Wittenberg were named to the dean’s list at Tufts University.
Joseph Rossi of Chilmark has been named to the spring 2018 dean’s list at the University of Rhode Island.
Hayley E. Pierce graduated from Saint Louis University School of Medicine.
Gage Rancich of Vineyard Haven was named to the spring 2018 dean’s roll.
Constance Chandler and Brooke Lundgren were named to spring 2018 dean’s list.
Casey McAndrews was named to the spring 2018 dean’s list at Hamilton College.
Alexandra Barlett of Vineyard Haven was named to spring 2018 dean’s list.
Emma Rae Yuen graduated from Saint Michael’s College.
Nicholas Watts graduated from Tulane University.
Jackson McBride graduated from the University of Vermont.
Benjamin Wittenberg graduated from Tufts University.
Sterling Meacham earned a bachelor of arts degree from Wesleyan University.
Laura Noble Lane-Reticker was awarded a bachelor of arts degree at the University of the South.
Jacqueline P. Menton of Vineyard Haven and Samantha Lucille Bunker of Chilmark graduted from Clark University.
Four Islanders graduated from Cape Cod Community College.
Jeremy Alley-Tarter of Vineyard Haven graduated from Assumption College.
Connor Downing of Edgartown has been named to the spring dean’s list at Lehigh University.
Liam Craffey has been named to the spring 2018 dean’s list.
James A. Burlage of Aquinnah graduated from Colby College.
Tessa Whitaker of Oak Bluffs was named to the spring 2018 dean’s list at Bristol, R.I.
Karen Altieri has been named the new director of development at radio station WMVY.
Emma Johnson was awarded a bachelor of arts degree from Earlham College.
The Martha’s Vineyard Regional High School girls tennis team prevailed 4-1 over Winchester Tuesday to bring home the state title for a fourth straight year.
Walter Lowe has been a longtime lover of the Vineyard and at the age of 90 continues to enjoy a remarkable life.
Over the years, several sets of swans have called the pond home.
MV United and the New England Revolution Development Academy will offer a free program this fall.
We would laugh, we would cry over the loss of animals, we would argue, we would make up.
Cake isn’t typically featured at your average lunchtime meal, but when Rena Fischer turns 103 cake is a must.
Karin Magid is 74 and her horse Pip turned 26 on June 3. On Sunday they joined the Century Club at the MV Horse Council dressage show.
The Steamship Authority will shortly begin contract negotiations with HMS Consulting and Technical Engineers of Seattle, Wash., to undertake a comprehensive review of operations.
As its 10th birthday celebration approaches, Adult and Community Education of Martha’s Vineyard (ACE MV) is expanding its curriculum.
Work by high school seniors Opal Wortmann, Salyn Yancey and Olin Gannon will be up at the Old Sculpin Gallery through June 22.
Kate and Matt Stedman of West Tisbury announce the birth of a son, Calvin Mac Stedman, born June14 at the Martha’s Vineyard Hospital.
An Oak Bluffs man was sentenced to state prison last week after pleading guilty on child pornography charges.
Regional high school graduates Kat Roberts and Lizzie Williamson won the state doubles championship over the weekend.
Collectible cars, cold beer, perfect weather and macaroni salad: these were the hallmarks of the fourth annual Car-B-Q.
The Taste of the Vineyard stroll ushered in the season with 40 vendors serving everything from lobster sliders to strawberry macaroons. One man arrived wearing a suit covered in flamingos.
The inn on Upper Main street in Edgartown changed hands late last week for $8 million. The sellers are longtime owners James and Deborah Carter.
Exactly 114 years after Leopold Bloom walked around Dublin in James Joyce’s Ulysses, the author was honored at the 40th Vineyard Bloomsday celebration.
For the second year in a row, a truck-based produce market will be making the rounds of Martha’s Vineyard neighborhoods five afternoons a week.
Oak Bluffs selectmen voted Friday to rebid a pared-down town hall project.
Tisbury selectmen this week approved a license for the first taxi company on the Island to use a meter app for fares.
A new automated parking system at the Martha’s Vineyard Airport still has a few bugs to work out.
In West Tisbury discussion continues over how to regulate the Island’s first medical marijuana dispensary.
The Martha’s Vineyard Film Festival recently took five West Tisbury seventh graders on a road trip to the Midwest to create a documentary by talking to peers about life, politics and how to get along.
The selectmen and school committee will meet Tuesday to discuss how to start over with the school building project.