56+ min ago   (158+ words) Partial Lunar Eclipse The Vineyard Gazette The bright full moon will enter the Earth's shadow and fade considerably next Thursday night. The show begins at 9:23 p.m. You'll see the a portion of the moon begin to darken. The most dramatic visible…...

1+ hour, 57+ min ago   (817+ words) Ian Peach won’t tell you his favorite tree at Polly Hill Arboretum because he doesn’t have one. But the new executive director of the living museum and nonprofit will tell you the stories behind each of the trees — the local…...

2+ hour, 17+ min ago   (877+ words) Oak Bluffs police Chief Jonathan Searle and officer support specialist Amy Carter met by chance. Ms. Carter was speaking at a national conference on psychological resilience and suicide prevention, and Chief Searle pulled her aside to ask for advice on…...

1+ day, 1+ hour ago   (261+ words) Fossil Fred Hotchkiss is still making discoveries. This Vineyard Haven octogenarian and marine paleontologist has spent a lifetime studying and sharing science and nature. Last week, Fred showed up in my office with a strange and beautiful shell, and together…...

2+ day, 4+ hour ago   (618+ words) Millions of people spend a bit of each day with Wyna Liu, Joel Fagliano and Sam Ezersky. For some, these meetings take place upon waking, or arriving at work. Others seek them out at the stroke of midnight. If this…...

6+ day, 4+ hour ago   (162+ words) The 24th annual MV African American Film Festival continued this week drawing large crowds with a wide range of features, short films and discussions. The festival goes on until Saturday night when it culminates with a back-to-back showing of Lanterns followed…...

1+ week, 6+ hour ago   (607+ words) The 24th Martha’s Vineyard African American Film Festival continued on Wednesday evening with a screening of Boo-Yah: A Portrait of Stuart Scott presented by ESPN 30 for 30. The screening was followed by an on-stage conversation moderated by former Boston Globe Today Television…...

1+ week, 2+ hour ago   (185+ words) Mike Sisco created a brand new and full-blown fundraiser for camp this summer — the first annual Jabberwocky Mini Golf Invitational. He has been working tirelessly for months alongside the Steere family to get the course opened in time for the…...

1+ week, 5+ hour ago   (206+ words) Venus is as High as it Gets vineyardgazette.com Venus is as High as it Gets The brightest planet in our western sky, Venus is ideally placed this weekend and in the nights ahead. The planet will be farthest from…...

1+ week, 1+ day ago   (639+ words) Connie McHugh, owner of Airport Fitness and the mother of pickleball on Martha’s Vineyard, was hanging a lamp over her kitchen table when she received the call that would lead to her very first film credit. It was Mary Steenburgen,…...