Art Railton has been researching Vineyard history for almost thirty years, writing and editing stories for The Intelligencer, the quarterly journal of the Martha’s Vineyard Historical Society. Now he’s written a book, the first comprehensive history of the Island to be published in 95 years. Not bad for a guy who doesn’t really believe in the idea of history at all.
Tom Dunlop
For nine years, Rick Haslet of Chappaquiddick has been building a boat he’s dreamed of since 1978. There’s one little detail that might keep her from being launched this summer as planned: she’s got to be perfect.
Sam Low
Defying uneven ground, bushes, sand, rocks, and divots, an up-Island game of softball thrives off Tabor House Road.
Jim Kaplan
My assignment: Find out the answer by getting myself from Oak Bluffs to Aquinnah and back, using thumb power alone.
Holly Nadler
How do you get the chance to interview a man whose father planted slices of bread in the ground in Greece and discovered a primitive form of penicillin?
Tom Dresser
A father-son fish tale.
Shelley Christiansen
Moderation is everything – especially when it’s your job to run town meeting, the purest form of democracy on earth.
Margaret Knight
Notable Island designers and builders identify the rooms that best express their aesthetic.
Joyce Wagner
