convention
It was the beginning of what would be a long day for the then-future president of the United States, Barack Obama. He’d finished up on the campaign...
crowd
In the late summer of 2004, Barack Obama agreed to participate in a forum on race relations held at the Old Whaling Church in Edgartown.
Tony Grillo
Few people know their way around the Island links like local wunderkind Tony Grillo. As President Obama settles into a vacation in West Tisbury...
Elizabeth Morgan has become a licensed architect in the commonwealth of Massachusetts, following completion of the architectural registration exams...
map
Thomas (TJ) Mello, 49, of Tisbury is a familiar Vineyard face. For 29 years he worked as a clerk for the Steamship Authority. He would check people...
Let’s Dance! Island Salsa will be represented at the Let’s Move Festival on August 24 in Waban Park in Oak Bluffs. From 1 to 1:15 p.m. there will...
soccer team
Islanders are hard workers: when you have three or four months to make the majority of your wages, eating healthy food and exercising can easily be...
BY LYNNE IRONS
Willet
Dick Jennings sent me a photograph of a shore bird he found out on the shore of Cape Pogue Bay. The caption was “What is this, it looks like a...
“NO ONE ALIVE WILL EVER SEE THIS,” screamed the subject line in all capital letters. Don’t believe the hype. Though this title sounds as if it is...
A number of beaches have been closed to swimming in Oak Bluffs and West Tisbury due to bacterial contamination. Inkwell Beach, Pay Beach,...
painting
For all Brian Kirkpatrick knows, his award-winning painting could be hanging in the living room of the White House right now. He’s not sure.

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