As I approach the end of my third year of medical school, I’ve found myself pondering a terrifying question, “Am I going to be a good doctor?”

This is the season that challenges, and this winter, from the Polar Vortex (that was a new one) to the back-to-back New England mix of snow and freezing rain, has really put us to the test.

Even in a run-down bar hidden between the looming modern buildings of East-Central London, you can find fellow Russians throwing back shots of vodka, while collectively berating the frigid winters, inscrutable bureaucracy and rampant corruption of their home country.

No, this is not a Valentine and you knew this was coming. It’s over. I’m leaving you, taking the noon ferry tomorrow. Let’s make it easy for each other. I’ll be on South Beach at dawn for our last goodbye.

From the Vineyard Gazette edition of Feb. 16, 1973:

“How the Island is seen and what policies would ensure that we will continue to like what we see” - in these words the survey staff of the Vineyard Open Land Foundation describes briefly the scope of the report which appears in full in the third section of today’s edition of the Vineyard Gazette. The report deals perceptively and constructively with the visual criteria which, along with those of water supply, ecology and others, should guide the development — the selective development always — of Martha’s Vineyard.

We live in an amazing place for reasons far too numerous to cite; few would dispute this. I’m writing to pass on two Good Samaritan stories that illustrate the unconditional generosity of this Island.

I was part of a crew that was helping with the renovation of the First Congregational Church of West Tisbury. Our task was to remove the pews from the church and move them next door to the Grange Hall. It would have been semi-easy for the six of us volunteer “pewgilists” but we didn’t quite have the right transportation.

The town of Oak Bluffs, with the advice of the Oak Bluffs Community Preservation Committee, has appropriated, for the third time, public monies to repair the stained glass windows of the Trinity Methodist Church.

President Obama is waffling on the Keystone pipeline issue and should make his mind up soon. We need the oil and the jobs. Let’s get going, Mr. President.

Community support helps make eighth grade trip to Italy a reality for Martha's Vineyard Public Charter School students.

The Save the Gay Head Lighthouse committee would like to thank everyone who participated in our heating oil raffle.