Spreading the Operatic Gospel of Mozart
1:19 am, August 6, 2015Alex FloydBoth music and wine flowed generously at Featherstone’s campus last Friday night for the opening of the opera Impresario Now! and the gala dinner honoring Judy Belushi...
View ArticleTelling Stories of Sustainability
1:21 am, August 6, 2015Megan CerulloLiz Witham and Ken Wentworth care about the environment. And they want you to care, too. The couple are documentary filmmakers whose series, Sustainable Vineyard,...
View ArticleWhere to Turn After Running a Bike Store? Make Ice Cream
1:27 am, August 6, 2015Heather HamacekAfter a friend expressed interest in their bike shop at Five Corners, Bob and Jeannette Breth thought they might take a few years off. Those plans were foiled by...
View ArticleJabberwocky to Zeno, a Journey of Love
1:37 am, August 6, 2015Megan CerulloBecoming Bulletproof, a new documentary by Michael Barnett about Zeno Mountain Farm, offers a glimpse into a world that more closely resembles a utopia than a...
View ArticleFront of the Pack to Dead Last, It's All Good at Chilmark Road Race
6:04 pm, August 6, 2015Jim Austin Runners often end up having a favorite race that they return to each year. For me it’s the Chilmark Road Race 5K on Martha’s Vineyard.
View ArticleStaying Present for Life's Ultimite Challenge
6:05 pm, August 6, 2015Megan CerulloThe annual Hospice of Martha's Vineyard summer soiree, a key fundraising event, will be held on Monday, August 10, at the Farm Neck Golf Club. The hospice program...
View ArticleAlways Guided by a Moral Compass
6:11 pm, August 6, 2015Ronald H. Rappaport Jerry Kohlberg was a brilliant man. His incredible intellect never ceased to impress me during the more than 25 years I knew and worked with him.
View ArticleA Swinging Time Is Always Par for the Course on Chappy
6:14 pm, August 6, 2015Brad WoodgerDear Madame First Lady: I am writing today in my present capacity as manager (and past owner) of the Royal and Ancient Chappaquiddick Links.
View ArticleLet There Be Light Again in Gay Head
6:15 pm, August 6, 2015Alex ElvinFollowing 118 days of darkness, the Gay Head Light will shine again on Tuesday, August 11. Lighthouse committee member Paula Eisenberg said the relighting would happen...
View ArticleJerry Garcia Interview Sounds as Timely Today as It Did Forty Years Ago
6:19 pm, August 6, 2015Bill EvillePeter Simon recently unearthed an interview he did with Jerry Garcia in 1975 for WVOI, the precursor to radio station WMVY. He gave a copy of the tape to MVY radio,...
View ArticleJerome Kohlberg Jr., 1925-2015
6:22 pm, August 6, 2015Every Thursday night when the Vineyard Gazette’s printing press gears up for its weekly performance, the low rumble and shake reaches the newsroom upstairs like an approaching...
View ArticleCoastal Ponds Under Pressure: Balancing People and the Environment
6:26 pm, August 6, 2015Alex ElvinIsland ponds are a connection to cultural heritage and a livelihood for fishermen; visitors flock to their shores and homeowners enjoy their beauty and seclusion. But...
View ArticlePresident Obama Scheduled to Arrive Friday for Vineyard Vacation
10:34 am, August 6, 2015Steve MyrickIn a late change of plans, President Obama and his family are scheduled to arrive on Martha’s Vineyard Friday evening for a 16-day vacation, the sixth time the first...
View ArticleJerome Kohlberg Jr., Businessman Who Challenged Wall Street, Owner of...
5:56 am, August 1, 2015Julia WellsJerome Kohlberg Jr., the private equity industry visionary who became one of Wall Street’s biggest critics, quiet philanthropist, family man and nimble third baseman...
View ArticleU Mass Lowell Graduates
12:47 pm, August 7, 2015Two Vineyard residents have graduated from the University of Massachusetts Lowell.
View ArticleZoe Listro Named to Dean's List
12:52 pm, August 7, 2015Zoe Listro of Vineyard Haven was named to the spring 2015 dean’s list at Quinnipiac University.
View ArticleLarisa Cacique Graduates
1:07 pm, August 7, 2015Larissa Camilo Cacique of Vineyard Haven has received a business administration degree from the School of Management at Simmons College.
View ArticleHilary Wall Receives Master's Degree
1:11 pm, August 7, 2015Hilary Lyle Wall of West Tisbury has received a master of science degree at Simmons College in Boston.
View ArticleJohn Slayton Receives Scholarship
1:18 pm, August 7, 2015John Thomas Slayton of Edgartown, a recent graduate of the Martha’s Vineyard Regional High School, has been awarded a $2,000 Charles J. Lewin Scholarship by the Community...
View ArticleFaculty Honors for John Wallace
1:29 pm, August 7, 2015John C. Wallace of Edgartown was awarded spring 2015 faculty honors at Trinity College in Hartford, Conn.
View Article