The Revolutionary War was not one of Martha’s Vineyard’s shining moments.
By Max Hart
On Chappaquiddick, they were dead serious about having fun on Halloween.
By Margaret Knight
In September 1976, a breathtakingly bold scheme to federalize land-use planning on Martha’s Vineyard died in Congress. For better and worse, the Island is still living with the legacy of what came to be known as the Kennedy bill.
By Shelley Christiansen
The Vanderhoop homestead, site of the new Aquinnah Cultural Center, embraces more than one hundred years of Gay Head history.
By Brooks Robards
Jerry Bennett of Edgartown sends orchestras able to play almost anything all across the Island – and all around the country.
By Mike Seccombe
Keith Gorman has been at it sixteen months now, excavating and cataloguing a library-wide collection of artifacts at the Martha’s Vineyard Museum in Edgartown.
By Tom Dunlop
West Tisbury architect Kate Warner, director of the Vineyard Energy Project, and a group of homeowners informally calling themselves the Solar Corps are trying to change how we see the light.
By Christine Schultz
The pilothouse of David Kadison’s sport-fishing boat is a utilitarian place.
By Ali Berlow
In August, at our Chilmark house by the woods, the air is full of sounds we didn’t hear in June and July.
By Ellinor R. Mitchell
As a kid, hanging around the Concordia shipyard in Padanaram in New Bedford, Frank Rapoza was fascinated by the way boats were caulked.
By Geoff Currier