“Christmas won’t be Christmas without any presents,” is the opening line of Little Women, Louisa May Alcott’s beloved novel which has a new movie version waiting for release...

The hammers and tongs are out, both literally and metaphorically. Yet another old house has been eliminated from the Island, which prides itself on its historic charm. The seemingly never ending...

I grew up in what was once a farming community. Both of my maternal great-grandfathers were farmers, as were the parents of my maternal great-great-grandparents. My mother was born on her...

The Lambert’s Cove Inn has been purchased once again, and according to all reports will be the repository of the new owner’s hopes and dreams. Thus it has been for many, many years and...

The Reston family recently ended almost 50 years of ownership of the iconic house at the corner of Davis Lane and School street in Edgartown. Scotty and Sally Reston purchased the house at 49 Davis...

As readers may have noticed, I am often attracted to unusual houses. The house at 32 Planting Field Way in Edgartown is certainly unusual for the Vineyard. First of all, it was built in 1905, a time...

The recent purchase of a house at Seven Gates by former Secretary of State John F. Kerry prompted me to regret being retired from title examining. What an interesting place with such an interesting...

I have seen many people, both residents and tourists, checking out the excavation at 37 Cooke Street. The cellar hole is now far larger than the house which is elevated and held in place with steel...

Books where houses play a major role are often popular. Who can forget Manderly, Tara, The Professor’s House or Howard’s End. People take trips to look for them even though they often...

The last Sunday of May is the nearest day to Memorial Day. On this Sunday for the past 28 years, I have been listening to the reading in the Federated Church of the names of those Edgartown men who...