Gardeners on the Vineyard are experiencing warmer winters on average, according to the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s newly released Plant Hardiness Zone Map.

Tomorrow night's gibbous moon appears near the bright planet Jupiter. The two will appear low in the eastern sky soon after sunset but soon gain height as the evening progresses. The two are beneath the zodiacal constellation Aries.

TisTalk is a Tisbury, England-based community podcast co-hosted by Mary Myers and Julie Anne Murphy. In recent episodes, the long connection to Tisbury, Martha's Vineyard has been celebrated.

Michael Kim, the owner of Michael Kim Architecture in Brookline and the governor’s appointee on the commission, presented a study last week to the MVC that looked at the viability of housing for workers on employer-owned properties across the Island.

In a brief two-page judgment Wednesday, state Land Court judge Kevin Smith threw out the Oak Bluffs planning board’s denial of the project, saying it is protected under a provision of state law that allows educational uses to skirt some zoning restrictions. 

The Felix Neck fall festival on Friday and the Oak Bluffs tree lighting on Saturday anchor the Thanksgiving holiday weekend happenings.

Thank you Jen and Dan Scannell for your generous and heartfelt effort orchestrating Laughter Builds and Island.

At 8 a.m. on Sunday before Thanksgiving at the Stop & Shop in Vineyard Haven, I had a lovely encounter.

From the Nov. 24, 1989 edition of the Vineyard Gazette: The holiday season opened on the Vineyard with a rare and heavy snowfall early Thanksgiving morning.

Now is the season for leaf-crunch ing. Of course, the red and gold leaves on the trees remind us that it is still fall. But on the ground there are crisp brown ones that I have been enjoying, too.