A fifth biography of the late Lillian Hellman explores the Jewish roots of the playwright, author and longtime seasonal Vineyard Haven resident.

I like the changes snow brings to a landscape: the crisp, invigorating air, the mystery of tracks in the snow, the silence before snowplows and sanders are out, the fragrance of wood fire smoke luring me indoors to warm up after a walk.

Congregants of the First Congregational Church of West Tisbury are enjoying the brightness of the barn space in the Agricultural Hall but look forward to seeing their newly renovated church.

In the annual Gazette Christmas poem Santa finds something in his sack for almost everyone.

Oak Bluffs seasonal resident Neil Rolde for 16 years was a representative in the Maine state legislature and the Democratic candidate for U.S. Senate from that state in 1990. He has long been concerned with what it means to be in governmental office.

George A. Hough 3rd and his wife Mary Lu Hough of Indian Hill will celebrate their 70th wedding anniversary on Sunday.

On Oct. 22, 1943, the Vineyard Gazette, then owned and edited by the bridegroom’s uncle, Henry Beetle Hough and his wife, Elizabeth Bowie Hough, reported the young couple’s wedding as follows: