On Jan. 6, 1961, U.S District Court Judge W. A. Bootle ordered the immediate admission of two black students to the University of Georgia, ending 160 years of segregation at the school.

Nearly four months after it was razed, the historic Mill House came before the Martha’s Vineyard Commission for review late last week.

Prize-winning vegetables and flower arrangements, the buzz of the chainsaw as woodsmen competed, Best in Show for man’s best friend — notes on the fair from Gazette staff.

Hundreds of fair-goers streamed onto the grounds off Panhandle Road in West Tisbury for day two of the 158th annual Agricultural Society Fair. The fair runs through Sunday.

A team of munitions surveyors from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers has confirmed the discovery of a World War II-vintage Helldiver buried off Chappaquiddick.

While Chappaquiddick left an indelible mark on the Vineyard, the broadscale population change and development that occurred on the Island over the next 50 years had started long beforehand.