From the March 24 1995 edition of the Vineyard Gazette by Jason Gay: It’s deadline week at The Chilmark Chronicle.

There are cavities that don’t require a dentist and should never be filled.

Our spring equinox, the start of the astronomical spring, comes on March 20 at 5:01 a.m. (I have not researched how they come up with the exact to the minute 5:01 time).

I was so happy with the good amount of rain we received on Saint Patrick’s Day.

Meanwhile, back here at the department of Life Goes On, where all of us work, it’s no longer business as usual.

The daffodils are up and budded, and crocuses are blooming in different parts of the garden.

The weather starts to get warmer, the sun shines a little brighter and life seems full of new beginnings.

Two, count ‘em two, West Tisbury authors have been blessed with recognition in this past Sunday’s New York Times Book Review.

An Oak Bluffs woman who allegedly left a young boy she was babysitting alone in an SUV for several hours is facing a manslaughter charge after the boy died. And middle schoolers on the Island celebrate a basketball championship.

The Berklee Performance Center in Boston is an unlikely forum for a celebration of life for someone who has died. But Fletcher (Flash) Wiley, who lived between Boston and the Vineyard, lived a life that was punctuated with surprises, innovation, excitement and commitment .