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.

Geoff Currier

From the bike path on Beach Road to the rolling hills up-Island, cycling is a great way to get out of the car, experience the landscape, and bond with family and friends.

Jim Miller

The Fischer family comes together over a day of haying at Flat Point Farm.

Margaret Knight

Reach out and grab the brass ring.

Geoff Currier

Bats are the Kobayashis of the animal kingdom.

Geoff Currier

No one knows for certain who the first person was to create scrimshaw.

Geoff Currier

As a kid, hanging around the Concordia shipyard in Padanaram in New Bedford, Frank Rapoza was fascinated by the way boats were caulked.

Geoff Currier

As we sat in the control tower, Michelle Meyers, the tower manager of the Martha’s Vineyard Airport, glanced out at the horizon and said, “All right, see this plane coming in?”

Geoff Currier

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