MV Youth Grants Top $2 Million

MV Youth this week gave $2.3 million in grants to the YMCA, the Chilmark preschool, Martha's Vineyard Ocean Academy and ACE MV.

The Christmas Story Lifts Up the Plight of Outcasts

The birth of Jesus is one of the best known stories in the western world.

Hanukkah Lights the Way to Love and Justice

What is Hanukkah?”
That is how the Talmud opens its discussion of the holiday.

Picture This

It’s evening time and the deer family awaits me.
I carry their food to the circle of hoof prints
Lying at the foot of Thunder Hill.

Tisbury Taps New Town Administrator

The Tisbury select board voted unanimously Wednesday to offer the job of town administrator to Joseph J. LaCivita, currently the general manager for Watervliet, N.Y.

St. Nicholas

From the Dec. 23, 1949 edition of the Vineyard Gazette: Santa Claus arrived on the Vineyard on Tuesday afternoon by airplane.

Ursid Meteor Shower

There is a small but convenient meteor shower late on Saturday night. The center of the Ursid meteor shower is right up near the Little Dipper and the best time is before the moon rises later in the evening.

Follow the Shepherds to the Agricultural Hall

Each year, on Christmas Eve, the First Congregational Church of West Tisbury hosts a community pageant at the Agricultural Hall attended by over 800 people.

Please Adopt Us: Dec. 20

We are thrilled to report that LoLo has found her forever home. There really are Christmas angels out there, and we thank you.

Land Bank Revenues: Week Ending Dec. 13

The Martha’s Vineyard Land Bank reported revenues of $287,109.50 for the business week ending on Friday, Dec. 13, 2024.

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