Tart crabapples can be healthy and healing.
Suzan Bellincampi
Title: Enchanted by the Crabapple
Saw-whet owl in Vineyard Haven.
Lanny McDowell
Title: How to Think Like a Migrating Robin
Town treasurer Kathy Logue said maintenance for town buildings and grounds should be centralized.
Heather Hamacek
Title: West Tisbury Looks at New Approach to Building Maintenance
Jason Lages broke his own state scoring record this year with 35 goals.
Mark Alan Lovewell
Title: Post Season Play: Golf Scores Big, Soccer and Field Hockey Begin
Selectmen Spencer Booker and Jim Newman at the special town meeting Monday.
Mark Lovewell
Title: Aquinnah Approves Projects at Aquinnah Circle, Philbin Beach
Vocational student Colin Buckley introduces rainbow trout to their new home at the hydroponics greenhouse.
Mark Lovewell
Title: New Arrivals at High School: 51 Rainbow Trout
Eight generations of the Mayhew family have lived in the South Road home.
Mark Lovewell
Title: Renovations Brighten Future for Mayhew-Meinelt House, Show Glimpses of the Past
Scholar Richard Gallagher addresses audience after two-week study on the Island of homelessness.
Mark Alan Lovewell
Title: Lots of Houses, Nobody Home; Rural Scholars Report on Homeless Study
Shellfish group aims to find out if phragmites, often seen as an invasive pest, could help remove nitrogen from coastal ponds.
Mark Lovewell
Title: Shellfish Group Receives Funding for Experimental Phragmites Project
Representatives from Safeco Insurance were on hand Friday to present donation to Red Stocking Fund.
Mark Lovewell
Title: With Big Donation, Christmas Comes Early for Red Stocking Fund
Cut increases salinity up in the pond, which helps shellfish and reduces nitrogen.
Bill Brine
Title: Breaches Carve a Path for Pond Management
Pre Civil War houses could be exempt from house size calculation.
Mark Lovewell
Title: Amendment Aims at Saving Chilmark's Historic Homes
New executive director Adam Turner has long history with resort communities.
Mark Lovewell
Title: New Man at MVC, Adam Turner Makes the Rounds on Island
Special town meeting will address funding for effort to bury power lines at Aquinnah Circle.
Mark Lovewell
Title: Ten Articles on Agenda for Aquinnah Special Town Meeting
With Livingston in leading, family and friends in the audience sang Somewhere Over the Rainbow.
Mark Lovewell
Title: Community Celebrates Trudy Taylor
Timothy Johnson
Title: Not That Long Ago
The class of 1970 back together again.
Courtesy Greg Orcutt
Title: Past Is Present As Class of 1970 Gathers
Hilda Backus, age 89, has been making doughnuts for trick-or-treaters for 40 years. Her daughter Carol helps out.
Mark Lovewell
Title: Goblins, Ghouls, Candy — Doughnuts?
Recent sighting of grasshopper sparrow was first confirmed sighting on the Vineyard this year.
Lanny McDowell
Title: Grasshopper Sparrow Sighting
Purchase of 17 acres will expand land bank property at Fulling Mill Brook.
Mark Lovewell
Title: Land Bank Expands Holdings at Fulling Mill Brook
Pump is on site and ready to roll for Menemsha Harbor dredging project.
Mark Alan Lovewell
Title: Pipes and Pump at the Ready, Menemsha Harbor Dredging Set to Begin
The DPW is responsible for trash removal, maintenance of town streets and cemeteries and operations at the wastewater treatment plant.
Mark Lovewell
Title: In With the New: Tisbury Acts Quickly to Reorganize DPW
First step is scaffolding as repairs begin on Old Whaling Church, built in 1843.
David Welch
Title: From Golden Pineapples to Clock Faces, Old Whaling Church Gets Facelift
As of Oct. 1, there are 2,117 students enrolled in Island public schools.
Mark Lovewell
Title: Enrollment Stays Steady in Island Public Schools
It was a mixture of good and bad news for osprey breeding this year.
Lanny McDowell
Title: Osprey Trackers Report Breeders Up, but Nest Failures High Too
Paul Size and Gordon Healy provided live music at fundraiser for Olivia Hart.
Mark Lovewell
Title: Outpouring of Love for Islander Who Needs a New Heart
West Tisbury selectmen signed off on eight-article town meeting warrant.
Heather Hamacek
Title: West Tisbury Finalizes Special Town Meeting Warrant
Residents have petitioned to lower the speed limit on Beach Road, though selectman Tristan Israel cautioned state speed limits can be hard to change.
Timothy Johnson
Title: Tisbury Considers Lowering Speed Limit on Beach Road