Billy Alwardt grips a 26-foot bull rake, a long aluminum pole with a tined basket at the bottom. A small outboard motor rattles. His pace is deliberate. He rocks forward, digs into the muck.
The Sail Martha’s Vineyard winter lecture series began Wednesday evening with a tale of treasure, and how a team from the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution (WHOI) found it.
A spectacular total lunar eclipse will grace Vineyard skies beginning on Sunday evening and continuing into Monday morning, but weather forecasters are predicting a wintry mix of bad weather.
After wide-ranging discussion Tuesday, Oak Bluffs selectmen directed their town administrator to seek a new consultant to guide the board in deciding whether to renovate the current town hall or explore other options.
A trio of pianists help celebrate the donation of a 100-year-old Steinway piano to Featherstone at a holiday show featuring John Alaimo, Jeremy Berlin and Kemp Harris, with Eric Johnson on guitar.
The New Bedford-based company already developing one wind farm south of the Vineyard was one of three that won the right to develop additional wind farms in a highly competitive auction.