4+ day, 2+ hour ago   (631+ words) The Vineyard Gazette Early Morning Beach Ritual Is Tribute to Father's Example One of my favorite times to be at the water’s edge on the Vineyard is early in the morning. It’s a habit derived from my father’s need to…...

4+ day, 2+ hour ago   (503+ words) For years I’ve made a living introducing people to solutions, places and to history. This year, on the 25 anniversary of September 11, I’d like to introduce you to someone. For 25 years, people have asked me about September 11. Today, I’d rather answer…...

4+ day, 2+ hour ago   (573+ words) Small Talk by Joe Keenan, illustrations by Barney Zeitz; $25 at Mermaid Farm or by email from [email protected]. In mid-August of 1987, Joe Keenan was invited by a friend and fellow musician to play at a benefit concert for a young…...

4+ day, 4+ hour ago   (554+ words) From the September 12, 1958 edition of the Vineyard Gazette: Other observers saw the funnel when it was over the land, and at Otis Field it was said that stones and sand had been swept up and cars moved. No real damage…...

1+ week, 4+ day ago   (271+ words) September 1 took a pleasant turn. It was cold and rainy and I got to spend the day doing whatever I wanted. It was back-to-school weather, like I remember. Of course, growing up in Western Pennsylvania, September 1 was really the end…...

1+ week, 4+ day ago   (480+ words) Spring Azure Complex is not a physiological condition listed in the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders. Then, I must not be crazy to be confused by a delicate frosty gray/blue/white azure butterfly that has been frequenting…...

1+ week, 5+ day ago   (606+ words) I have also noted the scarcity of singing Carolina wrens – their song is loud and easy to hear, usually into December. Are they less common due to the harsh winter snow and cold last winter? Two firsts for the season…...

2+ week, 6+ day ago   (613+ words) The owners of the Island Theatre are suing an Island businessman for allegedly backing out of an agreement to purchase the historic Circuit avenue building three years ago. On July 29, Lucky 7 Realty Trust and trustee Brian Hall filed a lawsuit…...

3+ week, 1+ day ago   (439+ words) Familiar scenes from beloved Vineyard artists debuted on the walls of the Granary Gallery on Friday, at the gallery’s last premiere of the summer. New paintings by Tamalin Baumgarten, Heather Neill, and Kib Bramhall hung alongside retrospectives from Milton Avery…...

3+ week, 2+ day ago   (279+ words) Military veterans from towns served by the Steamship Authority are newly eligible for half-price passenger fares, following a unanimous vote of the boat line’s governing board on Tuesday morning. “We are confident that it is the right thing for the…...