Equity Audit Planned For Island Public Schools

The equity audit and climate survey, which will solicit faculty, parents and students for feedback on school culture and leadership, will go out sometime this April or May. 

SSA Looks to the Vineyard After Nantucket Opening Day

Opening day for summer ferry reservations on the Vineyard route are Wednesday, Feb. 14, beginning at 8 a.m. The Steamship Authority booked about 7,800 transactions on the Nantucket route during its opening day last week.

Crescent Moon

A thin crescent moon appears low in the southwestern sky tomorrow night,  You'll need a clear view of the southwestern sky to see it. It will be worth the look. The crescent is but a sliver, and right above the moon you'll see the planet Saturn. The two are a close pair and it will be an impressive sight.

Most of us will see the waxing moon on Sunday night when it is higher and more readily visible. The moon will appear above and farther from Saturn.

Through the coming week the moon moves through the zodiacal constellation Pisces. It gets progressively higher.

High School Heats Up Shakespeare With Twelfth Night Production

On the short list of things to love about February, the Martha’s Vineyard Regional High School musical stands out each year like aurora borealis across a dark winter sky: colorful, breathtaking and always too brief.

Aquinnah Wampanoag Tribe Holds Whale Burial Ceremony

Tribal leadership maintains it has aboriginal rights to any dead whales that beach along the shores of Noepe — the Wampanoag name for Martha’s Vineyard. Retaining that right has remained a priority for members, who have traditionally made use of whale meat, fat, bones and baleen.

Football, Mardi Gras Meet Cupid's Arrow

What do Super Bowl Sunday, Fat Tuesday and Valentine's Day have in common?

Boys Basketball Wins League Title for Second Year in a Row

The Vineyard boys basketball team became back-to-back Cape and Islands league champions Tuesday as they dispatched Cape Cod Academy 82-32 at home for their 13th win of the season.

Jumping Into the National Spotlight

With a personal record high jump of 5 feet, 4 inches, Camille Brand is training for the New Balance Nationals Indoor Track and Field Championships.

Gazette Chronicle: Hello Oak Bluffs

From the Feb. 7, 1907 edition of the Vineyard Gazette: Cottage City is no more.

Equal Representation

The expansion of the Harbor View Hotel is affecting the entire east-end residential neighborhood of Edgartown.

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