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I watched branches sway and leaves tossed in the air, then to the ground, as the wind howled through our woods this morning. It was barely light. Abby still snored on the sofa when I...

Heard on Main Street: How come Superman could stop bullets with his chest, but always ducked when someone threw a gun at him? If you haven’t had your flu shot, get it Saturday, Nov. 7,...

Tuesday, Nov. 3, is Election Day and as I am writing this column on the 2nd, I am wondering what next week will look like. We will have a president and whether we agree...

This column feels a little outdated or behind the times this week, as I am writing this on Monday and Tuesday is Election Day. By the time this comes out, who knows what will...

I can't call elections, so please know my column was turned in Monday. I can recommend Suzanne Modligliani's son David Modigliani's new documentary, "Ready Or Not," which follows 17-year-old Black activist Marcel McClinton as...

Happy November. I have to say that I am not a fan of turning our clocks back in the fall and it getting dark earlier for the next several months. But that first day...

Dear Dog Charmer Tom, We rescued my dog about eight years ago and when we first got her she had some "guarding" issues. She was 3 years old and living in a foster home with...

On Friday, Nov. 6, at 8 am, Jason Mazar-Kelly continues teaching an all-levels virtual Kripalu Flow Yoga Class via Zoom. Contact wt_mail@clamsnet.org to sign up. At 10:30 am, ballerina Miss Shannon will host another...

Through a generous grant from the Martha’s Vineyard Bank Charitable Foundation, Martha’s Vineyard libraries have new tools to assist parents and students with the challenges of this unusual school year. The Martha’s Vineyard Library...

For the second year running the Nobnocket Boutique Inn in Vineyard Haven, operated by owners Annabelle and Simon Hunton, has won a coveted Conde Nast Johansens Award for Excellence. The inn, according to a...

The Cape and Islands libraries will hold a virtual conversation with the U.N. World Food Program USA. The pandemic is expected to increase the number of severely hungry and malnourished people around the world...

William Elliott D'Muhala Sarah Gruner and Christopher D'Muhala of West Tisbury announce the birth of a son, William Elliott D'Muhala, on Oct. 27, 2020, at Martha's Vineyard Hospital. William weighed 8 pounds. Summer Breslin Haley Breslin and...

It has been that hot, then cold, then hot again kind of weather this past week. I almost pulled out shorts to wear one morning. It can feel like sweater weather inside the house,...

Heard on Main Street: Beware. The goblins’ll get you if you don’t watch out. Celebrate Halloween with lots of spirit(s). Turn your clocks back Halloween night, and it will be daylight when your alarm goes...

Vote messages are appearing everywhere and these are probably some of the most important messages we are sending to all those eligible these next few days. We all have our likes and dislikes for...

I love a productive weekend. It always gives me a strong sense of satisfaction to cross some things off of what always seems to be a very long to-do list. Chores seem to be...

Halloween, the second full moon of the month, and now clocks are turning back an hour on Sunday, Nov. 1. Time is marching on and it seems all anyone wants to do is live...

You have three more chances to vote in the election: today, Thursday, Oct. 29, and Friday, Oct. 30, from 8:30 am to 1:30 pm, and of course Election Day, Tuesday, Nov. 3, from 7...

As a psychiatrist, I am accustomed to hearing people talk about marital crises, worries about aging parents and troubled children, and struggles with compulsive eating, substance use, and self-harm. But in all my decades...

Jonathan Tilton, here he lies,  Nobody laughs and nobody cries;  Where he's gone and how he fares,  Nobody knows and nobody cares. Jonathan Tilton (1770–1837) of Tisbury was described by author Charles Hine as “one of the odd...