Robin Kirk Named Scout Hotel CEO

Robin Kirk has been named the principal and chief executive officer of Scout Hotel & Resort Management. Scout operates Harbor View Hotel and the Kelley House.

Chilmark Launches Pond Initiative: a Million Oysters a Year

With a goal of cultivating one million oysters a year, Chilmark officials are expanding available aquaculture grants for Menemsha Pond.

At Gay Head Cliffs, Ancient Glacial Story Retold

Excavation around the Gay Head Light has revealed never before seen geologic layers that may shed light on how and when the landscape was created.

Lessons in School Spending

It’s a well-settled fact that everything costs more on the Vineyard, including educating our children.

From Next Door to the Front Lines, With Love

When I went to the Menemsha School as a kid, the post office was in the Chilmark Tavern building just a stone’s throw away from the school house. Bette Carroll was the postmistress.

Bluefish Are Running, and Scene at Wasque Is Return to the Old Days

Last weekend, dozens of surfcasters at Wasque Point could hardly believe their luck. The water churned with bluefish as fishermen reeled in catch after catch. “Some of the best fishing days I’ve ever had,” said Wayne Smith, an avid surfcaster.

Words of Wisdom Always Pass the Test of Time

In 1972, William A. Caldwell retired to a home on the Katama waterfront with his wife Dorothy after a lifetime working as a writer, editor and columnist for The Record of Bergen County, N.J.

Goodbye Blues, Hello Rainbows, A Ukulele Can Lead the Way

The temperature outside was a frigid 12 degrees with a foot of snow on the ground. At Featherstone Center for the Arts, inside the Pebbles, 20 of us played our ukuleles and other instruments loudly, smiling and carrying on.

Incubating Fresh Ideas

Brava, Virginia Crowell Jones. Your op-ed piece Seasonal Economy Not a Sustainable Model (Vineyard Gazette, Friday, May 29) speaks my mind.

Gateway Blight

Conditions at the town-owned Dark Woods parking lot are anything but welcoming.

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