Town Meetings Will be Held Late This Year

Every Island town appears poised to reschedule its annual town meeting until May or later. Town elections will be held on the usual dates.

Chilmark Bumps Up Beach Sticker Prices

Beach sticker prices in Chilmark are going up this summer, after selectmen voted Tuesday to raise walk-on and parking pass prices across the board.

Edgar Hotel Eyes Upper Main Street Expansion

Owners of the Edgar Hotel are looking to convert a large, unoccupied residential house on Edgartown’s Upper Main street into a 19-room inn.

Black Church Documentary Has Deep Vineyard Roots

The new PBS documentary series by Henry Louis Gates Jr. includes scenes from the Union Chapel in Oak Bluffs.

Rights and Wrongs

With the federal appeals court decision last week requiring the Wampanoag tribe to obtain local permits before starting construction of a bingo hall in Aquinnah, tribal leaders have two choices.

March Roars In

Islanders needed no reminder this week about the fickle ways of March.

Love in the Time of Covid

All silently the space of love transformed, Congealed into a frame one could not enter.

Mercurial March

From the March 3, 1967 edition of the Vineyard Gazette:

Remembering Vernon Jordan

Vernon Jordan was a unique leader who was able to bridge the gap from where power was held to where it was needed.

Vaccinations for Teachers

We need to get teachers back to school safely, so our kids can get back to learning.

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