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
There are so many visible planets in our night sky. Step out into the early evening sky and you can get a view of most of them. Venus is low in the southwestern sky, next to it is the bright planet Saturn. Look higher in the sky for Jupiter, unmistakable, the brightest visible planet other…
The Edgartown Police Department is encouraging pet owners to keep a watchful eye after a dog was bitten by a coyote last week.
Charlie Blair took over as the Edgartown harbor master in 1995, but his love of being on the water began much earlier, as a boy growing up in Florida.
After three years of study, Island naturalists found that goldenrod planted at Island farms has aided pollinators, which are an integral part of the ecosystem.
When the opportunity arose for Coastal Supply Co. owner Anne-Marie Eddy to relocate to a larger space, she jumped at the chance.
My 13-year-old son and I just completed our first round of on-camera Island interviews for a homeschool science project.
On the second Sunday in December, we took the noon boat from Vineyard Haven to Woods Hole, and well into our car trip I realized that I’d left my sunglasses on the boat.
It was standing room only at an Edgartown select board meeting Monday as family, friends and police officers gathered to celebrate the swearing-in of police chief Chris Dolby.
I have a great idea of how you can spend next Monday, rather than in front of television watching the presidential inauguration.
My sister-in-law Sandra Caruso had a double wallop of tragedy last week.
This week’s Chappy Community Center potluck has been postponed to Wednesday, Jan. 22.
Weather is often challenging during scallop season. The wind can be relentless.
The sun is shining, but it is still cold, and the wind is still blowing.
Eric N. Mader and Elizabeth M. Gregg purchased 4 Bartlett Woods in Chilmark from Mader MV LLC for $3,000,000 on Jan. 9.
Monica Hamel and Alex Vieira, of Oak Bluffs, announce the birth of a son, Enzo Jaxon Vieira, born on Jan. 9.
Karine De Paula and Ralfhe Palhares, of Oak Bluffs, announce the birth of a son, Rafael Batista Palhares De Paula, born on Jan. 10.
Island resident and attorney Jamie Fishman combines both his lifelong passions in his new documentary photography book titled American Protest — Images from the Streets.
Martin Luther King Jr. Day is being remembered and celebrated across the Island this weekend.
Temperatures have repeatedly been below freezing this past week, which changes a bird’s behavior.
Martha’s Vineyard Community Foundation announces the opening of its 2025 scholarship season, which begins Jan. 17.
The Martha’s Vineyard Land Bank reported revenues of $523,230 for the business week ending on Friday, Jan. 10, 2025.
It was practically a heat wave on Monday when the temperature got up into the 40s. We spent some time outside.
Tisbury police arrested David Capato, 56, and he was charged in Edgartown District Court on Thursday on terrorism and firearm charges.
The voices and personalities of the Vineyard Gazette’s outdoors columnists took center stage at the second edition of the recently revived Tuesdays in the Newsroom series.
Chilmark select board chair James Malkin will have been a select board member for three terms by the time he steps down in April.
Friends of Family Planning is bringing back its Lip Sync Contest. The event takes place Friday, Feb. 7 at The Loft in Oak Bluffs.
The Martha’s Vineyard Commission welcomes Mary Bernadette Budinger-Cormie, Mark Gauthier, Jannette Vanderhoop and Willa Kuh for its first meeting of the year on Thursday.
We’ve entered the thick of the winter sports season at the high school and the boys hockey team is leading the way with six wins so far.
With the hockey team’s season not even at the halfway mark yet, the team has had a lot to celebrate as two players have now surpassed the 100-point mark.
Island nonprofit leaders are remembering Sam Feldman, who died on Jan. 8 at 95, as a true mensch: a man of boundless good will and generosity, who never tired of finding ways to help others and bring people together.
The retired Oak Bluffs fire chief will be returning in an advisory role this year to aid the department as it searches for a new deputy chief.
The U.S. Supreme Court will not hear a legal challenge of the Vineyard Wind project lodged by a group of Nantucket residents.
Martha’s Vineyard has one of the highest rates of home insurance policies not being renewed across the United States, leading to higher premiums, according to a newly released federal report.
The MV SSA Citizens’ Action Group, a loose coalition of Vineyarders and mainland residents, had its first meeting last week to talk about their frustrations with the ferry system.
Developer Xerxes Aghassipour has filed a lawsuit against four people, including a member of the Tisbury planning board and the board’s staff administrator, claiming they engaged in a conspiracy to discredit his reputation and violate his rights by abusing the legal process.
Acting Tisbury fire chief Patrick Rolston can now call the job his own, after the select board voted Friday afternoon to make the arrangement permanent.
The proposed 401 State Road project is back on track after the town temporarily halted the development to deal with a potential $1.4 million funding gap.
The Martha’s Vineyard Regional High School committee has unanimously certified a $29,560,540 school operating budget for fiscal year 2026, which begins this July 1.