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Vineyard restaurants and fish markets are now serving and selling fresh, locally caught striped bass. The commercial season officially opened on...
There are three species of birds that have stirred bird-watchers’ interest this week: black skimmers, merlins and a barred owl. Two of these...
The feature film Ajami, a drama nominated for this year’s best foreign film Oscar, will screen on Sunday, July 18, at 7:30 p.m. at the Martha’s...
Original Women Pop Up
Original Women, a social enterprise dedicated to celebrating women artisans from around the world, will be opening a pop-up...
I am a poor sport in the heat of the summer. I never understood the song Summertime and the Living Is Easy.
Friday, July 9: A hot and clear day. A dog day in July. Lawns in Edgartown are burnt amber: the grass crunches underfoot. A light breeze in the...
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...