Recently my wife experienced a medical emergency, the outcome of which we feel merits sharing. On the pitch black early morning of August 23, my wife fell at our home, suffering severe damage to her hip.

Okay, enough already!

When Bob Clay took to the podium at the derby awards ceremony, and the hard-earned, well-deserved chance for a brand new Clay Motors pickup truck,

Martha’s Vineyard Community Services thanks you, the Martha’s Vineyard community for showing your support of our agency this fall. The people of this Island are truly generous and we applaud and thank you for your encouragement and assistance as we continue the vital work we do.

My Captain Ron and I with our beloved dog Wendy, washed ashore in 1988. In our thirties and full of dreams and spunk, we sailed into a perfect storm. Sometimes the crests of the waves were the highest of high, sometimes the troughs tumultuous. The Vineyard was our ship; the people its crew.

Is the Island school’s strings program inessential to educating our children, as Tisbury All-Island School Committee representative Colleen McAndre