My mother called me the other day nearly breathless. “I have an idea for another fair entry,” she said from our home on Sengekontacket Pond as I pressed my hand up to my ear to block out...

At 2 a.m. on Sunday I was out with friends in the East Village in New York city. It was a hot and sticky night, hard to escape the humidity and heat no matter where we went. We ducked into a bar...

The Port Authority in New York at 4.a.m. is a place no one wants to be. The floor is sticky, the air stale. Mobile metal dividers corral people toward the handful of gates that are open at this hour...

When Matt Casey decided to start writing country music, the Boston native found himself in a genre where the ruling scene in Nashville, Tenn. didn’t exactly intersect with New England...

A new science center will become a reality for the Martha’s Vineyard Public Charter School next year, thanks to a large gift of money from a longtime Edgartown summer resident. Robert Day has...

The sign hanging over the front porch in Edgartown speaks of a trumpet player’s philosophy: Listen for the music in all things and life will be a symphony of joy. “The sign says it all,...

Two Vineyard Haven business owners have announced plans to turn the Tisbury Farm Market into a commercial kitchen. Daniele Dominick, owner of the Scottish Bakehouse, and farmer Jefferson Munroe...

Attorneys for the Martha’s Vineyard Airport Commission and embattled airport manager Sean Flynn met this week in Boston in an effort to negotiate the terms of Mr. Flynn’s exit.Mr. Flynn,...

Lila’Angelique was walking through Central Park seven years ago when she came across a man playing violin wearing essentially just a loincloth and headdress. The performance took place in the...

A break in at the Island Alpaca Farm in Oak Bluffs last week left one alpaca injured and several fences damaged, the farm’s owner said on Tuesday.Barbara Ronchetti said that last Thursday staff...