Happy Birthday to the Gazette: the first issue of the newspaper came out 169 years ago today, May 14, 1846. A birthday is an opportunity to look to the past, and here's a look at the Vineyard Gazette of 100 years ago, when the paper cost 50 cents and the summer population was 20,000 people.

The Citizen’s Committee To Save The Lake Tashmoo View gathered at the Tashmoo Overlook Wednesday morning.

Aquinnah voters on Wednesday backed a $120,000 tax override related to the town’s high school assessment and re-elected incumbent selectman Jim Newman. About 40 per cent of registered voters turned out for the town election Wednesday.

At the continuation of a disciplinary hearing Tuesday, the Oak Bluffs selectmen found the Loft at Dreamland had violated nine liquor control regulations on its opening weekend in March. Board members and the police chief had stern words for the owners of the Oak Bluffs avenue bar.

The 24-hour bird-a-thon competition starts at 6 p.m. on Friday, May 15, and runs through 6 p.m. on Saturday, May 16.