When a shipwrecked sailor, an Indian ballet dancer, a pair of escaped Afghan interpreters and an assortment of movie makers are all headed for the Vineyard in March, it can mean only one thing: The Martha’s Vineyard Film Festival is back.

Chilmark select board member Bill Rossi and Oak Bluffs select board member Jason Balboni both are planning to step down after their terms are over, shaking up the Island political scene as boards face large infrastructure projects and sky high housing costs.

The messages from Kenya begin arriving as early as 3 a.m.

Who am I without you? I can’t be the only widowed person who finds this question sneaking into my consciousness from time to time.

West Tisbury will have a new town accountant as of April 1, after the town voted to appointed Island resident Chelsea Joiner to succeed longtime town accountant Bruce Stone, following his retirement. 

When Edgartown residents head to town meeting this April, they will vote on proposals ranging from emergency South Beach restoration to a controversial party bylaw.

Lately I’ve been watching a lot of All Creatures Great and Small. The PBS series is in its fourth season and ranks high on my list of not-so-guilty pleasures.

From the March 8, 1974 edition of the Vineyard Gazette: Memo, personal and confidential. To: the world off-Island. Re: the difficult decision, in view of life’s little uncertainties, whether to summer on Martha’s Vineyard.

Jack Ryan is a master of the pointillist technique of stippling, using a pen to draw dots that create shapes and contrasts of shadow and light. Mocha Motts in Vineyard Haven is hosting an art exhibit by Mr. Ryan during the month of March.