Back in the seventeenth century, long before the advent of student loans and their attendant FAFSA forms, you could pay your Harvard tuition in wampum.
By Geoff Currier
A trip aboard one of the Black Dog Tall Ships introduces fifth graders to a bit of history, communal living, and the waters surrounding the island they call home.
By Meredith Downing
Krishana Collins didn’t grow up within the longtime tradition of farming on the Island, but this young farmer has built a successful business with a couple of acres, a spot at the West Tisbury Farmer’s Market, orders from high-end restaurants – and a lot of hard work and support from Mother Nature.
By Catherine Walthers
Researcher Luanne Johnson began studying skunks to see if they were a threat to shorebirds, and ended up finding them a fascinating subject in their own right.
By Margaret Knight
Such is the power of an alpaca.
By Geoff Currier
Producers of honey. Pollinators of our food and flowers.
By Ali Berlow
The Patriot always seems to find its way from Falmouth to the Vineyard – bringing newspapers and bagels as well as a family of workers who commute to the Island.
By Tom Flynn
Here’s a little trivia for you: According to a 1928 U.S. Department of Agriculture pamphlet, it takes nearly two tons of ice per cow per year to cool milk on a dairy farm.
By Geoff Currier
In Linsey Lee’s oral history of Martha’s Vineyard Vineyard Voices, Eric Cottle of Chilmark remembers that when he was young, houses were moved around the Island using oxen.
By Geoff Currier
A swordfish harpoon is generally a 12-foot aluminum pole with a 3/8-inch diameter metal shank on the end to which a detachable barbed dart or “Lily Iron” is attached.
By Geoff Currier
A trip with this professional charter captain provides inspiration for the most casual and die-hard anglers, from spring to fall, whether they’re casting around the rocks, on the flats, or in the rips.
By Tom Dunlop
