Vineyard Preservation Trust is hosting a Valentine’s Day contra dance at the Grange Hall on Feb. 14.

Mopeds are dangerous and have been since the 1980s when Sam Feldman and Chilmark police chief Tim Rich began the safety crusade against rental mopeds here on the Vineyard.

The next Tuesdays in the Newsroom at the Gazette office takes place Feb. 11 and will feature a discussion on homelessness on the Island and efforts to combat it.

Wampanaog Tribe of Gay Head purchased 636 State Road in Aquinnah from Aquinnah Wampanoag Tribal Housing Authority for $575,000 on Jan. 22.

The Martha’s Vineyard Land Bank reported revenues of $280,700 for the business week ending on Friday, Jan. 24, 2025.

It was deeply troubling to learn that the Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report was not released last week for the first time in my memory.

Recently, I was packing up my two daughters’ Barbie collection. The “girls” are nine years apart and had both contributed to the collection.

The meeting room above the firehouse at Beetlebung corner in Chilmark is long, narrow and low-ceilinged.

Vanessa Czarnecki and Matthew Sharkovitz, of West Tisbury, announce the birth of a daughter, Zoey Christina Sharkovitz, born in Jan. 22.

Emily Parr and Bradley Myers, of Chilmark, announce the birth of a daughter, Charlotte Estelle Myers, born on Jan. 22.