The first annual Sir Reg/Timothy Turkey Celebrity Scrambled Scramble will be held on Thanksgiving Day; tee off at 10 a.m. sharp.

In a trial year for the Partnership for Assessment of Readiness for College and Careers test, Vineyard schools generally performed well, beating the state average for meeting or exceeding expectations.

A celebration of Trudy Taylor's life was an homage to art, family, community, and living life to its fullest without any regrets.

The widely-admired matriarch of the musical Taylor family died Oct. 10 at her home overlooking Stonewall Beach in Chilmark. She was one month shy of her 93rd birthday.

My wife Cathlin and I were married 14 years ago, on Oct. 6 in New York city, just a few weeks after 9/11. We were married in Judson Church.

Results from the MCAS test administered last spring show a steep drop in performance in science in most Vineyard elementary schools. But test scores tell only part of the story, especially as Island schools had a foot in two testing worlds last year.