Valerie Sonnenthal

Our visitors this week include six young deer daily, three dorper lambs, one brown ram, and 8 dorper ladies next door; one young osprey...

We may have thought it an April Fool's Day joke, but schools will remain closed through April. Days are no longer marked by the...

Daffodils, cherry blossoms, snowdrops, crocuses, birdsong, sheep, deer, turkeys, horses, fog, sunrise, clouds, sunset … these are some of the things I'm grateful to...

Let's start with good news, heartwarming news. Remember Gabe? Not only does Gabe now have a Big Brother but so do four other boys...

Daniel Gaines, 21, an Edgartown native, arrived home on the last boat on Friday, Feb. 28. I ran into him on Saturday with his...

Update: The MV Film Festival scheduled for March 26-29 has been postponed.Snow only for the third time this winter. Wind keeping ferries docked and...

Hello March, you welcomed us with a chill, as snowdrops and crocuses brought color to the ground. March says it's time to “Spring ahead,”...

It's the quietest week of the year, thanks to how many families head off-Island for the school break, besides no Pathways (this week) and...

After a long weekend, the best news for school-age kids is the first winter break begins after Friday classes, and runs through Friday, Feb....

It's our first Valentine's Day without a stop at Chilmark Chocolates, but it's also a long weekend, with schools and state and town offices...

You missed the “booty-shakin' extravaganza,” according to Mary Ambulos; she was actually referring to the Super Bowl halftime show, not Saturday's fundraiser for the...

I recently finished listening to “Eleanor and Hick” by Susan Quinn. Every political complaint by this former first lady is still echoed today, just...

If you missed the Yard's supercharged offering of Victor Quijada's company Rubberband last week, you better get tickets for the return of Cuba's brilliant...

Winds, rain, fog and sun, cold and warm, well at least I know what day of the week it is, and have given up...

Congratulations to Chilmark Coffee on their 10th anniversary; we can all raise a cup to that, especially come March and the film festival. There's...

I may not have known you as long as somebut my heart melted in my mouthfirst time we met at the little house of...

Happy New Year! I hope everyone has been enjoying the holidays however you celebrate. A friend wrote down one good thing that happened each...

For my son's 24th birthday this month, I took him to see David Byrne's “American Utopia,” and was reminded about Reasons to be Cheerful,...

Today marks the end of an era with the closing of Chilmark Chocolates, an outpost of yummy tidings in the off-season especially. We thank...

A dead body washing up in Menemsha reminds me sadly of my N.Y. Post days, how making headlines was a way to let off...