The mercury shot up this week on the thermometer that radio station WMVY has posted to measure its fundraising progress. At press time yesterday the...
Bundle up. That was the watchword this week when temperatures plunged into the single digits at night and never climbed out of the teens during the...
It’s quiet out there. Too quiet. This is the time of year on the Vineyard when the Island shuts down and it can be hard to find even a cup of coffee...
It seems like the whole Island came down with the flu overnight. That’s not true, of course, but this week it became clear that the Vineyard had not...
The first snowdrop to appear on the Vineyard this year was reported last Monday by Tom Hodgson of West Tisbury, who has become the Island’s...
The end of the year is often an occasion for quiet time and contemplation, when many Islanders redirect their lives and energies to family gatherings...
The Vineyard is shuttered against the cold these days, Islanders wrapped in layers of fleece and wool as they go about their daily lives, with one...
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...
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...

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