Setting the Table

The Island Food Pantry’s proposed new food distribution center in Oak Bluffs appears to be on a glide path after the project won unanimous approval last week from the Martha’s Vineyard Commission.

School Census Shows Slight Decrease from Record High

This year’s state-mandated student census, held annually at the start of October, showed a slight dip in enrollment across nearly all Island schools.

Navy Origins Anchor Island Airport

Eighty years ago, while World War II was raging in Europe, the military carved 683 acres out of the state forest on the Vineyard to create the United States Naval Auxiliary Facility.

From Chicken Alley to Sotheby's, All Thanks to an Artful Eye

Last spring a Chicken Alley Thrift Shop volunteer found an important work by Nigerian artist Ben Enwonwu among a large pile of donations. Last week the painting sold for $10,000 at a Sotheby's auction.

Fiddling Helps Historic Home Stay in Tune With the Times

The Alison Boylston Piazza house has sat in its location on Upper Main street in Edgartown for 175 years and for much of its life has embraced a musical legacy that continues today.

Enter the Dragon Room: Taylor Stone’s Art Casts a Spell

Island artist Taylor Stone’s first-ever solo show is really three exhibitions in one, all infused with her love of the magical and fantastic.

In Praise of Jerry Kohlberg and His Long Service to Veterans

Jerome Kohlberg and his wife Nancy were well known for their Island philanthropy. A lesser-known story involved Mr. Kohlberg's commitment to veterans.

Gazette Chronicle: Weather Vanes

From the November 8, 1974 edition of the Vineyard Gazette by Polly Woollcott Murphy: There was a time in West Tisbury when weather vanes were as ubiquitous as the television antennae that now adorn the roofs of the town.

Wicked Good

The first Wicked Good Musical Revue of the season begins this weekend at the Martha's Vineyard Playhouse.

Edgartown Town Column: Nov. 10

I could not tell which was worse on Sunday: me getting on a new sleeping schedule and dinner routine, or the dog and cat looking at me at their regular feeding time and thinking I am never going to feed them again.

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