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Shoo fly, don’t bother me.
Salt marsh greenhead flies have arrived. Or rather, they have emerged, since they have been hanging out in the salt...
The state Division of Marine Fisheries has closed Menemsha Pond to shellfishing following the fire on Monday that destroyed the U.S. Coast Guard...
Menemsha businesses have reopened after a Monday afternoon fire destroyed the Coast Guard boathouse and wooden pier and forced the evacuation of...
The United States will likely remain stuck in the war in Afghanistan well past President Obama’s nominated date next year for beginning to pull...
At 10 o’clock in the evening on June 30, Theodore (Tod) and Kate Sedgwick had just turned out the lights of their shoreside colonial summer home in...
With tears in his eyes, an emotional Fred B. (Ted) Morgan Jr. stood at a podium to thank his number one supporter through the past 65 years of his...
After a weekend long July Fourth celebration, the party continued in Vineyard Haven last Thursday night to celebrate Tisbury’s 339th birthday at...
Policemen were giving drivers two options at Beetlebung corner on Monday afternoon after the Coast Guard boathouse in Menemsha caught fire. They...
A huge fire erupted in the U.S. Coast Guard boathouse in Menemsha yesterday afternoon, completely destroying the 68-year-old building along with an...
Spirituals Enlightenment
The songs sung by slaves to send messages to each other will be decoded by the teaching choir led by Jim Thomas,...
A fatal accident in downtown Vineyard Haven last Tuesday left a young mother dead, and her family and friends devastated; it also has badly...
This is a big week for sailing on Martha’s Vineyard.
It begins with the 87th annual Edgartown Yacht Club Regatta, which starts on Thursday and...