Community
The Gazette will celebrate its 173rd birthday on Tuesday, May 14, with an open house in lieu of its usual Tuesdays in the Newsroom gathering.
Sam Hart of Aquinnah has been named Islands director for the Trustees of Reservations, the land conservancy announced in a press release this week. An Island native, Mr. Hart will leave his post as executive director of ACE MV.
Cuyler Fisher won the kids trout tournament with a 17.25-inch rainbow trout. The annual rite of passage has been a May fixture for nearly 50 years.
John Fogerty will headline Beach Road Weekend, the three-day music festival in Vineyard Haven, along with Grace Potter, Dispatch, The Original Wailers and more.
The Time Machine, the Vineyard Gazette’s online display of historical stories and photos, won Best Digital Innovation Award Thursday from the New England Society of Newspaper Editors.
Community Services has been awarded $400,000 from the Massachusetts Department of Public Health to open a recovery support center in partnership with the Island hospital.
