Gentleman in Moscow Goes from Page to Paramount

A miniseries adaptation of A Gentleman in Moscow by Amor Towles will debut March 29 on Paramount Plus. The author also has a new book coming out in April called Table for Two.

Opening Night Eco-Documentaries Set the Pace for Film Festival

The 24th annual Martha’s Vineyard Film Festival was in full flow over weekend, with new documentary and narrative films showing day and night in West Tisbury, Vineyard Haven and Oak Bluffs.

Gazette Chronicle: Cow Time

From the March 26, 1926 edition of the Vineyard Gazette: Is it permissible for a cow to range the highway after dark without headlights?

Penumbral Lunar Eclipse

Late Sunday night, or more precisely in wee hours of Monday the brilliant full moon, the Mud Moon, is going to dim. The moon will drop in brightness beginning after midnight. The dimmest moment will be at 3:13 a.m. and the eclipse will end at 5:30 a.m.

An A.M. Ditty, Far from the City

It’s warm, not cold. / I’m not still old! / A childish rhyme / wakes me in time / to greet the sun: / sweet dreams have won!

Seastreak Commuter Service Seeks Its Sea Legs

While most of commuters to the Island take Steamship Authority ferries from Woods Hole, a few dozen are now making their way to and from the Vineyard via New Bedford aboard the Whaling City Express, a high-speed catamaran for passengers only.

Vineyard Eyes Sister Island After Short-Term Rental Decision

A state Land Court ruling last week involving a Nantucket rental home could set a precedent for how municipalities on the Vineyard handle vacation rentals, Vineyard officials said.

Wild Oysters Maintain Niche, But Farmed Oysters Still Reign

Dark green and gray, slick with algae, pocked with parasitic scars and polychaete worm tunnels, wild oysters are survivors, fighting everything the pond's brackish waters throw at them.

West Tisbury Police Chief Contract Renewed

West Tisbury renewed police chief Matt Mincone’s contract Wednesday night, extending his role in the town through March 2027. 

Going to the Depths of Darkness

The encroaching dark and cold drizzle in Vineyard Sound provided the perfect backdrop Wednesday evening for a lecture on the mid-water depths of the ocean, a place called the Twilight Zone.

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