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Seasons Go Round and Round

Selected from nature writings published on the Gazette editorial page in 2012: No winter to speak of — at least so far — at least not what we have...

Christmas 2012

The Island is wrapped in the quiet of December. Shortened days are cast in mild drizzle with fleeting breaks of sun through a low ceiling of gray...

Soft Landing

A budding dispute between the Boch family and the town of Edgartown over whether the Bochs may land a helicopter at their down-harbor estate now...

Small Frys

This afternoon at four o’clock the bonitos take to the water in a swim meet at the YMCA. The bonitos are a swim club for children ages six to twelve...

Pond Futures

Thanks to the years-long work of the Massachusetts Estuaries Study, a clear picture has begun to emerge of the biological profile of the Vineyard’s...

Through the Dark Lightly

The sun began setting at 4:11 p.m. on Dec. 2 and will continue to say good night, locked down at this same time, until next Friday. On Saturday, Dec...

Radio Waves

On a cold, gray November morning the warm sounds of Van Morrison, Elvis Costello, Bonnie Raitt and John Hiatt pour out the of radio at 92.7 on the FM...

Harbor Lights

As a sparkling, almost balmy Thanksgiving weekend drew to a close, cold air moved in to chill the bones, a reminder that winter is indeed on the way...

Character Talk

What is Island character anyway? It’s not something easily defined, or even consistent from one place on the Vineyard to another. Yet it is exactly...

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