An Atlantic storm crashed over the eastern strip of Norton Point Beach in the last days of 2022, inundating Wasque wetlands and disconnecting Chappaquiddick once again. The breach created an old, yet new island to ring in 2023, a fitting start for a year in which many longstanding issues resurfaced.

Camilla Fales de Bragança and Marco Lorenzo Hartmann were married on Nov. 4 at an outdoor ceremony at the Mill Reef Club on the Island of Antigua, W.I.

The Martha’s Vineyard Times announced Wednesday that the newspaper will come under new ownership in January.

Here are 10 of the stories that most engaged Gazette readers in print and online in 2023.

Oak Bluffs firefighters were called to the scene at 9:08 p.m. when a witness reported a large explosion and flames billowing from the property, located off County Road and Pennsylvania avenue.

Edo Potter built her life on Chappaquiddick around horses.

It’s the quiet time of the season but if you know where to look — on hill and dale, beneath leaf and clover, in bars and community centers, or on beaches — ample activities await.

For many of us, Martha’s Vineyard settles our souls.

Not to fly away / If I were a bird / With a panoramic view / I’d see a paradox / Throughout the ages / In mankind’s inability / To reconcile / Hypocrisy with hope / Knowing what’s right.

From the Dec. 28, 1973 edition of the Vineyard Gazette.