Eric Jackson’s death at 72 hit me hard — not just as a longtime listener from a family of fans, but as someone who knew him personally and guest-hosted his show, Eric in the Evening on WGBH.

Late Wednesday afternoon, our food outreach coordinator at the First Congregational Church of West Tisbury had two huge pots of pea soup simmering in the Parish Hall.

Through August 2022, 11,406 trips of 11,677 scheduled and available operated on the Vineyard route.

Through the years in many musings, I wrote about Martha’s Vineyard, describing what makes it feel unique and magical to me.

The low profile of the mainland / Across Vineyard Sound / Swims into focus.

Just once each year / I can recapture something / Of childhood’s summer-scented magic.

There’s a vineyard on the Island that not many people know about.

Remarks delivered by the author at the nationally broadcast Peoples’ Filibuster for Gun Safety (24-7).

Hello friends, family, and faculty, I’m here to represent the only class at the high school that had one full normal year. I’m so grateful to be here today giving this speech.

Thank you everyone for coming out today. When I was thinking about this speech, I wanted to acknowledge what this community means to all of us.