At the Gazette’s monthly off-season speaker series, Tuesdays in the Newsroom, Gazette archivist and librarian Hilary Wallcox highlighted that collection, offering rare insights into nearly two centuries of news coverage.

An unexplained surge of traffic to Vineyard Gazette websites Tuesday caused vineyardgazette.com to go down briefly just after noon and remain slow for several hours.

A new edition of the award-winning Martha’s Vineyard Island Guide is now available for purchase.

The Time Machine, the Vineyard Gazette’s online display of historical stories and photos, won Best Digital Innovation Award Thursday from the New England Society of Newspaper Editors.

Meaghan Nydam has been named marketing manager for the Vineyard Gazette Media Group.

The Vineyard Gazette won 32 awards, including 13 first place honors, for excellence in journalism in the annual New England Better Newspapers Competition.

The Vineyard Gazette printed copies of its Friday, August 21, 1885 edition, which will be used as a prop for the new Martha’s Vineyard Playhouse production opening on Tuesday, August 21.

Arthur O. Sulzberger Jr. said the future for independent journalism is bright despite upheaval in the industry.

Tuesdays in the Newsroom will conclude on Tuesday, May 15 with an inside look at the process by which the newspaper is produced each week.

The Time Machine, the Gazette’s online showcase of Vineyard history, was honored with the Digital Innovation Award from the New England Society of News Editors.