Why would beings consisting of 65 per cent water live where water freezes? Every winter at about this time I start wondering about us.

Snow: There are people that still love it and then there are those who are just tired of it and want to see grass and the ground without shoveling to get to it.

Chilmark will miss Chet Wisneiewski who died in early February. He had lived on Flanders Lane for many years and was known to many. Chet was a successful architect and had worked in New York city.

The regional high school library is on track to move into the 21st century after the high school committee approved $18,500 for a new library design plan during their meeting Monday evening, the first step towards overhauling the library.

It has become increasingly difficult to write about gardening. For starters, I cannot find mine. Bear with me as I’m grasping!

Black hole science might really just be a shot in the dark. Scientists agree that black holes are a bit of a mystery.

A standout season for the varsity girls’ basketball team came to a tough ending Tuesday as they fell to Abington in the section semifinals. Despite an early lead and stellar defense, the Vineyard lost 37-30 to the number one seed in the bracket.

Last Wednesday night, when the temperature dropped to 22 degrees on Martha’s Vineyard, more than a dozen people were homeless. A team of volunteers canvassed the Island as part of the annual point-in-time homeless count.

Well, the month of March came in like a lion, no doubt about it, with a mini snowstorm. The old saying is that March will leave like a lamb, we certainly hope so.

Eva Balboni of Edgartown was named to the fall 2014 semester dean’s list at MCPHS University.