Swamped by Rainfall, Seeker Sinks in Lake Tashmoo

Seeker, the wooden scow hand-built on Martha’s Vineyard over more than a decade by owner Ted Box and hundreds of volunteers, sank in Lake Tashmoo earlier this month and remains mostly submerged.

Loaves and Fishes: the Year in Food

The story of Vineyard food in 2024 was decidedly flaky. And a little bit fishy.

Finding Togetherness at Kwanzaa Gathering

The Martha’s Vineyard branch of the NAACP held a Kwanzaa dinner Saturday for the first time since the start of the Covid-19 pandemic.

Not Giving Up on Hope

We met Clivens when he was 10 years old. Our schooner Charlotte was anchored in Port Morgan on Ile a Vache, Haiti.

Chilmarks Enacts Size Limit at Charter Dock

The select board voted 2-1 on Dec. 17 to cap the length of boats at the town charter dock to no more than 36 feet after boat owners cited navigation concerns.

Gazette Chronicle: New You

From the January 5, 1951 edition of the Vineyard Gazette.

Edgartown Town Column: Jan. 3

I am in Swansea and we had a slight coating of snow for Christmas.

Hospital Employs New Tech For Breast Cancer Screening

Martha’s Vineyard Hospital is offering a new breast imaging service, providing Islanders advanced screening technology for breast cancer for the first time on the Island. 

Oak Bluffs Man Indicted For Child Rape

Luciano Deoliveira, 28, was indicted on Dec. 19 on two counts of aggravated rape of a child and several other charges.

Stillpoint Opens its Doors to Classes, Concerts and Connections

The new West Tisbury nonprofit hopes to foster deeper connections among Islanders from every background through classes, talks and face-to-face conversations.

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