With apologies to Red Sox fans, it would be easy to paraphrase the late, great Yankees catcher/philosopher Yogi Berra to describe the year 2021: déjà vu all over again.

Island Health Care, the Island boards of health boards and the Martha’s Vineyard Hospital are slated to receive 4,050 home test kits courtesy of the federal government.

The Martha’s Vineyard Land Bank reported revenues of $353,488 for the business week ending on Friday, Dec. 24, 2021.

An Island bursting at the seams. A red hot real estate market. Growing problems around housing. Illegal trail cutting in the state forest. Storms and hurricanes. Ten of the stories that most engaged Gazette readers in print and online in 2021.

The West Tisbury town hall is closed Thursday due to a staff member testing positive for Covid, the town said in a statement.

In terms of climate change, 2021 was a chaotic and destructive year with almost constant record-breaking extreme weather events.

Last night I drove home from a trip off-Island through heavy holiday rush hour traffic.

The British newspaper the Guardian had a recent article about research of PFAS.

From the December 27, 1946 edition of the Vineyard Gazette:

The Covid vaccine bus will return on Sunday, Jan. 9 with two time slots available to serve ages 5 and above.