I wonder how many West Tisbury residents secretly wish they lived in an uptight, sterile, gated community someplace? Not a lot, I’m guessing. Yet the...
Parades, a concert and flowers tossed into town harbors by school children — on the Vineyard, Memorial Day weekend is marked by many longstanding...
The Oak Bluffs library will be one of the first libraries in the country to be part of Google’s new indoor mapping project. Sondra Murphy, the...
casino
The Wampanoag Tribe of Gay Head (Aquinnah) unveiled plans this week for a $167 million resort casino during a presentation in Lakeville. But the...
Harriet Bernstein
Only carry from place to place what can fit in your car, or if you’re lucky, a friend’s pickup truck. Pack your clothes in garbage bags and...
For the first time in five years, parts of Sengekontacket Pond will be open for shellfishing, at least through June. In July, August and Sepetmber...
eel fishing
The storied American eel was once one of the Vineyard’s most valued resources. Even though the eel now faces hard times, memories are still fresh...
Delmont Araujo
In a candid conversation, Vineyarders this week discussed the varied and sometimes contradictory issues facing Islanders who are minorities: being...
Colleen Carroll
In a dramatic reversal of fishing fortune, the last few weeks have offered the best squid fishing in years.
rep madden
Loretta May of Vineyard Haven has been named an “Unsung Hero” by the Massachusetts Commission on the Status of Women for her efforts to better the...
Here we go again, another summer and another move. Anxiety rising. Having bad dreams. Sleep interrupted. Soon I must find a place to live. Must make...
drawing
When my wife Cathlin and I were married the ceremony was part tradition and part theatre. The wedding was held at Judson Church in New York city....

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