Divas Take to the Ice
1:28 pm, March 24, 2015Divas on Ice will entertain with some spectacular figure skating this weekend, Friday, March 27, at 6 p.m. and again Saturday, March 28, at 1 p.m.
View ArticleA Walk in the Dark
1:34 pm, March 24, 2015 Felix Neck Wildlife Sanctuary is highlighting energy reduction by turning off the lights and offering an exploratory night hike.
View ArticleYoung Dancers Dazzle
1:40 pm, March 24, 2015Dancers from the Rise Dance Company will perform their award-winning 2015 competition choreography on Sunday, March 29, at the Oak Bluffs School.
View ArticlePiano Concert for a Cause
1:51 pm, March 24, 2015Join the Daybreak Clubhouse community as they host a classical piano performance at the Whaling Church featuring New Zealander Charles Whitehead on Saturday, March 28, at 4 p.m.
View ArticleIsland Poets Open National Poetry Month
1:55 pm, March 24, 2015National Poetry Month gets a kickoff when Lee McCormack, Arnie Reisman and Rose Styron present their works at the Vineyard Haven Public Library on Wednesday, April 1, at 7 p.m.
View ArticleSpring Potluck
2:06 pm, March 24, 2015Spring is here but in case you’re still chilly, you can warm up to the sounds of Serendipity with Danny Whiting at the annual potluck and social at the Agricultural Hall on...
View ArticleKathryn Stewart Sang With the USO on the Island
Tuesday, March 24, 2015 - 2:17pmKathryn B. Stewart of Vineyard Haven died on Friday, March 20, at the Martha’s Vineyard Hospital. She was 90.The daughter of Frank and Eleanor Baptiste, Kathryn was born...
View ArticleLee Mogel, New York City Architect, Gazette Contributor, Dies at 81
Tuesday, March 24, 2015 - 2:23pmLee Mogel of New York city and West Tisbury died on Feb. 27. He was 81.Born in Brooklyn, Lee attended Brooklyn College where he majored in studio art and studied with...
View ArticleContracts, Salaries Set for Incoming School Superintendents
3:20 pm, March 24, 2015Ivy AsheIncoming assistant superintendent Richard Smith will be paid $140,000. Superintendent Matthew D’Andrea, who takes over when Dr. James Weiss retires in July, will earn...
View ArticleWest Tisbury Town Column: March 27
2:52 pm, March 24, 2015John S. AlleyThe spring flowers are hard to find, but many birds are back. We should be so lucky as to see the grass, never mind what color it is.
View ArticleFrom Farming to Bats, Fellowships Go to Islanders With Sustainable Vision
3:28 pm, March 24, 2015Sara Brown A film documenting commercial fishing, studies of northern long-eared bats and farm equipment fueled by waste vegetable oil are among the projects named for this...
View ArticleOld Coach Road in West Tisbury Protected as Ancient Way
9:10 am, March 25, 2015Olivia HullA historic mail route in West Tisbury has been set aside for special protection from future development. The Martha’s Vineyard Commission late last week agreed to add...
View ArticleDiscovery of Endangered Plant Poses Problem for Gay Head Light Project
11:19 am, March 25, 2015Alex Elvin The Gay Head Light relocation project has hit a potential snag following recent notice from the state Natural Heritage and Endangered Species Program that the site...
View ArticleAccessory Housing Bylaw
2:04 pm, March 26, 2015The Chilmark housing committee, working with the planning board, the board of health and the zoning board of appeals, has come up with another way to address the shortage of...
View ArticleCritical Expenditure
2:07 pm, March 26, 2015My husband hauled moorings on Menemsha Pond until he was 81 years old. He is about to turn 87 in another month. He has always been active, healthy, colorful, impetuous, sometimes...
View ArticleExpand Collaboration
2:10 pm, March 26, 2015This spring, the county commissioners have placed an article on town warrants requesting the funding to purchase a facility to house the Martha’s Vineyard Center for Living.
View ArticleWorthwhile Project
2:13 pm, March 26, 2015I’m in my late sixties and still able to get around, workout at the Y, see friends, independently go to public events. Down the road I may very well not be as physically and...
View ArticlePermanent Home Needed
2:16 pm, March 26, 2015I am writing to urge people in all six towns to vote in favor of the bond issue, at your town meeting April 14, to secure a home for the supportive day program.
View ArticleApril Is Autism Awareness Month, But For Some It's a Daily Embrace
2:18 pm, March 26, 2015Connie BerryApril is autism awareness month, but around our house we’re acutely aware of autism every day.
View ArticlePassing the Hat and a Spinnaker, Too
2:24 pm, March 26, 2015Lee MogelThirteen point seven billion years, cosmologists now feel, is the time it took for our universe to get its act together and produce the primordial ooze from which...
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