Caroline R. Flanders Trust and Webquish Woodlands Preservation Trust purchased Chappaquiddick Road, Lot 1C in Edgartown from Allen D. Slater Jr. for $750,000 on Feb. 18.

Editors, Vineyard Gazette;

Last week my wife and I returned from New England Baptist Hospital where she had undergone a knee replacement. She was released just before 10:30 a.m. Not likely to make the noon boat but worth a shot.

We arrived exactly at noon and the boat was still there. Our wonderful driver, Andy, told the shack personnel about Susan’s operation. They immediately notified boat personnel who produced a wheel chair and took loving care of my beloved.

I never thought this idea would eventually turn into a major event that would attract thousands of off-Island chili tasters and hundreds of chili cooks.

Each time I pull out of the driveway on my bike or in my car,
I get to choose: the inland way or the water way?

It is a fact recognized by all Vineyard people that the Tilton family has produced some of the most prominent and interesting characters of Vineyard history.

The nearly first quarter moon appears close to the bright planet Jupiter and the bright star Aldebaran on the evening of Wednesday, March 5. All three are in the zodiacal constellation Taurus and they are only six degrees apart, an impressive triangle.

Aldebaran is the brightest star in Taurus, and it is known to be huge.

Last week, I sat at my desk lamenting the fact that I hadn’t had the chance to get much birding in the past week between work and poor weather.

How do you find a flower in February on Martha’s Vineyard?

What a welcome change in the weather. Already green shoots of spring-flowering bulbs are poking through.

A trio of men are facing charges after police investigated an alleged unlicensed tattoo parlor in Chilmark being run by a teenager.