It should be no surprise to any regular readers of the column that the Gazette Chronicle, compiled each week by our librarian Hilary Wall, is a favorite of mine. Last Friday featured portions of Louise Aldrich Bugbee’s March 8, 1974 On Circuit Avenue, And All About Town column about her first town meeting.

Did you miss me? I certainly missed you. Unlike Humpty, all Mass. General’s women and men were able to put me back together again. What a positive experience!

Low numbers of smokers, lower rates of obesity and crime all contribute to making Dukes County the second healthiest county in the state. The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation and University of Wisconsin Population Health Institute released rankings on Wednesday.

A week after winter had officially come to an end, an early spring gale battered the Vineyard Wednesday, shutting down ferries and sending Islanders indoors for one more snow day.

Dance company members at Rise have been rehearsing 31 pieces for the American Dance Awards regional competition.

Edgartown selectmen Monday approved awarding a $15,950 bid for seasonal plantings and flowers to Donaroma’s Nursery.

Susan J. Stehlik and Aline Wolff purchased 7 Mayhew Way in Oak Bluffs from Scott Taplin for $650,000 on March 19.

A Dukes County grand jury handed down an indictment for Kleyck Correa, 35, on a charge of trafficking cocaine between 18 grams and 36 grams.

The lanes planned for downtown Oak Bluffs will be allowed to sell alcohol but with earlier closing hours than Circuit avenue bars, the town selectmen decided Tuesday. The bowling alley project is the brainchild of architect Reid (Sam) Dunn.

As sorry as Mark Twain described coyotes in Roughing It may appear, there seems to be little sympathy for coyotes on Martha’s Vineyard.