New Coast Guard boathouse replaces historic structure destroyed by fire in 2010.
Timothy Johnson
Title: Built to Last, Coast Guard Boathouse Nears Completion
When Rainy Goodale speaks, swimmers listen.
Ivy Ashe
Title: Showing the Kids How It's Done; Swim Coach Still Making Waves
Mike McCarthy still holds five regional high school records.
Jaxon White
Title: McCarthy to Pass Along His Football Skills to Switzerland
Mark Alan Lovewell
Title: Holiday Moon
Unloading lobster pots at end of season in Menemsha.
Albert O. Fischer
Title: Permit Bank Is Top Priority for Fishermen's Trust
Lighting the candles to commemorate when the Maccabee army defeated the Seleucids.
Ivy Ashe
Title: Hanukkah Tradition Remembers Struggle for Freedom for All
Joyful moment follows ribbon cutting at Vineyard House.
Mark Alan Lovewell
Title: Vineyard House Celebrates Opening of New Campus
Storm clouds hover over airport and over meetings of the airport commission, where internal clashes are ongoing over routine affairs.
Timothy Johnson
Title: High Cost of In-House Attorneys Questioned at Airport
Committee chairman Jim Malkin said they worked hard to ensure an open process.
Mark Lovewell
Title: Squibnocket Committee Presents Its Work; Reaction Is Upbeat
The selectmen met Tuesday and approved a two-article special town meeting warrant for Jan. 7.
Timothy Johnson
Title: Aquinnah Scrambles to Address Budget Shortfall
Town wants to create more homesites like those just awarded in lottery at Nab's Corner.
Mark Lovewell
Title: After Nab's Corner, Chilmark Seeks More Affordable Homesites
Property values are on the rise in most towns.
Mark Lovewell
Title: Towns Slow to Set Tax Rates in Revaluation Year
Catch basins will be moved to the grassy side areas, and discussion is also under way about narrowing the roadway.
Mark Lovewell
Title: Major Improvements Planned for Edgartown-Vineyard Haven Road
Mark and John Lovewell, still on the same side of the street.
Ivy Ashe
Title: A Couple of Bulls Giving the Gift of Each Other
Girls' basketball is off to a strong start.
Ivy Ashe
Title: Winter Sports Leaps Out of the Gate
Tim Laursen at South Mountain Co. in West Tisbury, where his giant metal sculpture will live for the winter before being moved to its permanent home at Cronig's Market.
Mark Lovewell
Title: Learning to Fly on Wings of His Vineyard Mentors
Al Woollacott's book is about his great-great-great-great-grandfather.
Mark Lovewell
Title: Colonial History by Way of Scotland
Right whale in Bay of Fundy. Vineyard is at the southern bound of winter feeding grounds for the critically-endangered whales.
New England Aquarium
Title: Mariner Advisory Issued for Right Whales
Chilmark Community Church will hold service with harp and carols.
Alison L. Mead
Title: Christmas Worship Services on Island
West Tisbury will qualify for more need-based grant money to assist with child care and housing rehabilitation.
Timothy Johnson
Title: Community Block Grants Shift According to Need
Slumping bluff was badly damaged in Hurricane Sandy two years ago.
Ivy Ashe
Title: State Grant Boosts Repair Project for East Chop Bluff
Edgartown has been known to host an elf or two.
Alison L. Mead
Title: Elf Off the Shelf, and Everywhere Else
Christmas greenery can sometimes turn into gold with the right tools.
Ivy Ashe
Title: Five Golden Wreaths
High school principal Gil Traverso at the fifth annual Brazilian-American Friendship Lunch: “Different cultures bring an array of beauty.”
Ivy Ashe
Title: Brazilian Fusion: Lunch and Friendship
Charlie Kernick had a single Baltimore oriole at his West Tisbury feeder on Dec. 12 and 13.
Charlie Kernick
Title: Birds in Song, Even Carols