I am starting the New Year in the Old Country. I arrived in the nick of time for a lovely party on New Year’s Eve.

I am writing to you this week from the snowy White Mountains of New Hampshire where the landscape is a far cry from our Chappy flatlands.

True to predictions, this has been an invasion year for the irruptive northern species of the boreal forests.

Here it is the first day of a brand new year. The day was simply beautiful, up into the 50s and sunny.

Fruitcake lovers, come over to the dark side.

The following letter was recently received by Captain George Fred Tilton, master of the ship Charles W. Morgan, from F. G. Hillman of New Bedford.

I don’t mind taking down the tree. 
 It has served its purpose. At first it was a welcome holiday guest but it took up a lot of room and I wanted my living room back.

One of the lesser tolls of tragedy is the way it taints places.

Each winter the Island churches come together to offer free meals to help Islanders break bread together through the dark nights of winter.

Wicked Good The Wicked Good Musical opens up its 2019 season on Friday, Jan. 4 with shows on Saturday and Sunday too.