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Hurricane Sandy gave us a glancing blow. There was little rain, some wind, surf, high tides . . . but no houses fell into the ocean. Just as the wind...
What can I say about the weather this week, except that we are here, we have electricity and we still have our homes. How fortunate are we? Happy...
Oak Bluffs was tongue-in-cheekily referred to as the Barbary Coast in the 1700s when it was only Edgartown’s Eastville/Farm Neck neighborhood. One of...
You write “focused” and I write “focussed.” This has stymied me for years, but I never quite remember to get around to looking it up. Well, just now...
Well, Hurricane Sandy set some weather records on Monday for sure. We were subjected to heavy winds in excess of 60 mph, rain, costal erosion and...
Arrivederci, Sandy — your visit lasted way too long. Thankfully, the only real damage in Aquinnah was the Lobsterville area, where the road washed...
Chilmark has survived another hurricane. This one left some serious scars down her ocean side. Squibnocket and Lucy Vincent beaches now appear as a...
A week ago more than 100 people from around the world beganarriving on the Vineyard. Most looked like regular folks, bearded or not, wearing jeans or...
On a recent Sunday morning, in a small office space near the Black Dog Bakery Cafe, Elder Aric Mullins and Elder Garret Rushforth sat with other...
The stories of Capt. Zeb Tilton and his coastal schooner Alice S. Wentworth have come alive again in North Tisbury. A replica of the famous 1905...
During the summer I sell produce grown at Beetlebung Farm every Saturday morning at the West Tisbury Farmers’ Market. I don’t find it necessary to...
The annual Barn Raisers’ Ball is this Saturday, Nov. 3, starting at 7:30 p.m. at the Agricultural Hall in West Tisbury. The event is a celebration...