Since writing my letter (printed in the Jan. 23 Gazette) for presentation at the SSA meeting in Woods Hole on Jan. 19, I have had a long, cordial and constructive conversation with Marc Hanover about various Authority projects and plans.

From the Vineyard Gazette edition of Jan. 30, 1942: The blue and gold and green Vineyard summer came alive in the midst of a New York winter last week.

The Martha’s Vineyard Land Bank reported revenues of $134,642.84 for the business week ending on Friday, Jan. 23, 2015.

Two of the Earth’s nearest planetary neighbors, Venus and Mars, appear in the western sky. Brilliant Venus is the easiest planet to spot right after sunset. It is so brilliant, and looks like an approaching airplane with landing lights on. Venus appears amid the glow of twilight.

Flaviane De Oliveira and Anderson De Oliveira of Vineyard Haven announce the birth of a son, Enzo Noronha De Oliveira, born on Jan. 26 at the Martha’s Vineyard Hospital.

Family of the Year, an indie rock band with Vineyard roots, has been picking up steam in recent years, especially with its contribution to the 2014 film Boyhood. The band’s 2012 single, Hero, was featured in the film’s soundtrack and trailer.

Walter Robinson’s gospel opera Look What a Wonder comes to the Martha’s Vineyard Film Center, sponsored by the Martha’s Vineyard NAACP.

The Vineyard spent Wednesday digging out from the winter gale that battered the Island all day Tuesday. Schools remained closed on Thursday as highway workers and private contractors planned to spend another day clearing snow from roadways.

Leonardo da Vinci does not make it into the bird news too often! He is well known as an artist. He is not so well known as a scientist.

I’m mighty fond of a stay-indoors-all-day blizzard, especially when there is no loss of electricity. I prepared for the worst and was pleasantly surprised.