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Beatrice Duart Viera Was Talented Seamstress and Crafter
Monday, January 26, 2015 - 2:08pmBeatrice (Bea) Duart Viera died peacefully on Jan. 19 at the Windemere Nursing Home. She was 89.Bea was born at the Martha’s Vineyard Hospital on Feb 6, 1925 to Joseph...
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Dodie Silva's Hospitality Was Legendary
Monday, January 26, 2015 - 2:21pmOdeama (Dodie) J. Gill Silva died peacefully in her sleep on Nov. 13, 2014 in Milford, Mass. She was 91 years old.Dodie, as she was known, was born in Peabody to Manuel...
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Look What Blew In
3:27 pm, January 26, 2015William A. CaldwellFor the loneliness and unfocused anxiety, the smug indifference to the environment, the dreary boredom of life in the technological society, the sovereign...
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Winter Storm Brings Summer-Like Rush as Island Hunkers Down
4:21 pm, January 26, 2015Alex Elvin Batteries, bread, shovels and gas were in hot demand Monday as Islanders prepared for the winter storm expected to hit the Island Monday evening. "It's like a summer...
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Albert Sylvia Was Owner and Publisher of North Reading Transcript
Monday, January 26, 2015 - 7:44pmAlbert E. Sylvia, retired owner and publisher of the North Reading Transcript, died peacefully on Friday, Jan. 23, at Woodbriar of Wilmington. He was 91.Born at home in...
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Betty Robichau, 98
Monday, January 26, 2015 - 8:07pmBetty Robichau, 98, of Edgartown died on Friday evening, Jan. 23, 2015 at the Henrietta Brewer House.She was predeceased by her husband, Joseph B. Robichau Jr., in...
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Betty Robichau, 98
Tuesday, January 27, 2015 - 11:44amBetty Robichau of Edgartown died on Friday evening, Jan. 23, at the Henrietta Brewer House. She was 98.She was predeceased by her husband, Joseph B. Robichau Jr., in...
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Chilmark Town Column: Jan. 30
11:49 am, January 27, 2015Katie CarrollMany thanks to our highway department Keith Emin’s trusty crew of snow plowers for clearing our town roadways.
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Photography and Fellowship
2:20 pm, January 28, 2015The first meeting of the new Martha’s Vineyard Photo Club will be held on Thursday, Feb. 5, from 6 to 7:30 p.m. at the Vineyard Haven library.
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Pass the Popcorn, Movie Nights Fill the Calendar
2:24 pm, January 28, 2015Classic movie buffs have plenty to love about the Vineyard in winter. Nearly every night of the week either a library or the playhouse offers a free movie.
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Oak Bluffs Town Column: Jan. 30
2:41 pm, January 28, 2015Skip FinleyThere are so many memorial benches lining the Inkwell and Pay beaches all the way down to the Steamship Authority that one loses count over such a distance.
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Aquinnah Town Column: Jan. 30
2:49 pm, January 28, 2015June D. ManningThank you to Jerome and Nancy Kohlberg for another wonderful evening of fellowship among the Vineyard Gazette staff and their significant others on Friday...
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Edgartown Town Column: Jan. 30
2:57 pm, January 28, 2015Kathie CaseI think even though we all watched the weather closely, there were those who still thought the storm might just pass around us.
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West Tisbury Town Column: Jan. 30
3:02 pm, January 28, 2015John S. AlleyBefore dark we knew we were in for a good storm even though there was a slight mix of rain. By Tuesday morning we had experienced a night with strong winds, gusts...
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On Chappy: Jan. 30
3:26 pm, January 28, 2015Brad WoodgerHad some weather. A bit of wind. Touch of snow. Not unlike living inside a snow globe in the grips of an obstreperous toddler eating chocolate.
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Storm Nesting
4:22 pm, January 28, 2015I’m mighty fond of a stay-indoors-all-day blizzard, especially when there is no loss of electricity. I prepared for the worst and was pleasantly surprised.
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A Master's Lesson for Birders
4:55 pm, January 28, 2015Robert A. CulbertLeonardo da Vinci (1452-1519) does not make it into the bird news column too often! He is obviously well known as an artist. He is not so well known as a...
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Gospel Opera is Story of Courage
9:58 am, January 29, 2015Walter Robinson’s gospel opera Look What a Wonder comes to the Martha’s Vineyard Film Center, sponsored by the Martha’s Vineyard NAACP.
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No Travel Needed to Keep on the Sunny Side
5:35 pm, January 29, 2015Arnie ReismanIf it were left up to me, I wouldn’t go away in winter. Truth be told, I probably wouldn’t travel anywhere at any time.
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A Warrior Who Worked for Children
5:40 pm, January 29, 2015C.K. WolfsonCharmed by her warmth and her genial presence, one might forget that she is a warrior, commissioned with the simple and clear logic of her principles and armed with...
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