Next Tuesday night the Vineyard political season officially opens when annual town meetings get under way in Edgartown, Oak Bluffs and West Tisbury.

If you ever saw Patrick Gunkel on the Island, you would probably remember him. He was the one riding a bicycle with a cat on his shoulder.

Anyone who doubts that Oak Bluffs voters should approve a new town hall need only step into the sorry entryway of the current structure.

Last weekend the Martha’s Vineyard Ice Arena hosted its annual figure skating show, Broadway Showstoppers.

In general people are living longer, healthier lives, including on the Vineyard where the senior population is on the rise.

The weather this month has been enough to send anyone to the therapist’s couch.