Bill Eville

West Tisbury

Managing Editor at Vineyard Gazette

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Articles

Finding Inspiration in the Wisdom of Youth

3 weeks ago | vineyardgazette.com | Bill Eville

I am sitting in my car in the parking lot of a nursing home in central New Jersey. I am not here to visit and spend time with an elderly resident on a gray day in early May. No, I am here to say hello to my 17-year-old self.
Grey Barn and Farm to Pause Business at End of Summer

1 month ago | vineyardgazette.com | Bill Eville

The Grey Barn and Farm will be pausing its business at the end of the summer season. Owners Molly and Eric Glasgow announced the decision on Thursday, saying the business can’t keep up with the rising cost of farming and cheesemaking. “Increased costs and changing market dynamics since the pandemic have made it clear to us that our current business model is no longer viable,” the press release said.
Newcomer Wins Tisbury School Committee Seat

1 month ago | vineyardgazette.com | Bill Eville

The Tisbury School committee will be seeing a new face as Alicia Lesnikowska defeated incumbent member Michael Watts for a three-year term on the committee. Ms. Lesnikowska earned 120 votes, with Mr. Watts receiving 108 votes. She joins current school committee members Amy Houghton and Jennifer Cutrer. The race was one of only two contested races during the annual town election Tuesday which saw a turnout of 252 voters.
Town Meeting Super Tuesday Arrives

2 months ago | vineyardgazette.com | Bill Eville

A grammar school, a historic church and a high school performing arts center: what do these three locations have in common? On Tuesday, they will each play an integral role in the ongoing democratic traditions of the Island. Town meeting season is here again, and opens on April 8 in West Tisbury, Edgartown and Oak Bluffs. On Tuesday, voters will travel to the West Tisbury School, the Old Whaling Church and the Performing Arts Center to debate in public on matters essential to the towns.
Tuesdays in the Newsroom Celebrates Gazette Press

2 months ago | vineyardgazette.com | Bill Eville

The Goss Community Press, which prints the Vineyard Gazette each week, rolled onto the Island and was delivered to 34 South Summer street on April 18, 1975 and completed its first print run on May 9, 1975. This puts the old workhouse at 50 years old; definitely a birthday to celebrate.
Jules Feiffer, Famed Cartoonist and Satirist, Dies at 95

Jan 22, 2025 | vineyardgazette.com | Bill Eville

Jules Feiffer, the Pulitzer-prize winning cartoonist, playwright, author and screenwriter, whose satirical wit and illustrations were for a time the voice of the Village Voice, and syndicated in hundreds of newspapers around the country, died on Jan. 17. He was 95. Mr. Feiffer was a longtime Vineyarder who divided his time between here and New York City. He was a fixture in both worlds, a regular in the literary society of New York and at events all over the Island.
Full Moon Owl Prowl Awaits

Jan 9, 2025 | vineyardgazette.com | Bill Eville

The year’s first full moon is called the Wolf Moon. But fear not, wolves are not on the agenda next week when the moon is full. Instead, owls are the main event, thanks to Felix Neck Wildlife Sanctuary’s Full Moon Owl Prowl. The prowl takes place on Monday, Jan. 13, and will be led by Sydney Pigott, an experienced hand with owls. Ms. Pigott is the education coordinator and camp director at Felix Neck and has led the full moon tours for three years.
Percival Everett Wins National Book Award

Nov 22, 2024 | vineyardgazette.com | Bill Eville

Percival Everett won the National Book Award for his novel James, a retelling of the Mark Twain novel Adventures of Huckleberry Finn from the slave, Jim’s, perspective. A longtime summer visitor to the Vineyard, Mr. Everett accepted the award in New York on Wednesday. Mr. Everett took part in the Martha’s Vineyard Author series this past season, discussing his career and the novel.
Ginny Jones Was a Fierce Advocate for the Vineyard

Nov 19, 2024 | vineyardgazette.com | Bill Eville

Virginia (Ginny) Jones, whose roots in West Tisbury were as strong and deep as her love for the town and for a way of life on the Vineyard she feared was disappearing, died on Nov. 13. She was 82. Her daughter Caitlin Jones said her mother died at home. “Right up to the end she was troubleshooting Island problems,” her daughter said. “That was her blood and bones and default mode — to address the problems of the Island.
From Paris, Texas to Martha's Vineyard

Oct 17, 2024 | vineyardgazette.com | Bill Eville

In the late 1970s and early 1980s, Kate Altman lived in Los Angeles, in particular the Laurel Canyon area, an epicenter of art and music and film. One night, while sitting at a bar with a young German filmmaker named Wim Wenders, she was asked if she would like to work on his latest film as the art director. It was to be shot in Texas and Mr. Wenders was still new to the U.S. and felt he needed “an American eye.”Ms. Altman had never worked on a film before and said no, but Mr. Wenders persisted.