Buddhism is on the rise in Brazil, and West Tisbury journalist Perry Garfinkel has some ideas on why. He’s the author of the 2006 national...
bankers
Even on Martha’s Vineyard, where art gallery openings are reliably free of suits and swanky dresses, it is still uncommon for an opening to draw a...
golfing
Never have a manicure before beginning a major carpentry project. That’s the first of many lessons Chris Rasmussen learned last week while...
Karl G. Buder of Vineyard Haven, a member of Good Shepherd Parish on the Vineyard, is one of 13 men scheduled for ordination to the permanent...
firefighters
By KATE J. CONDE
butterfly weed seeds
The lead foreman of Vineyard Gardens, Jeremiah Brown, doesn’t mince words about his expertise. “What I know is pruning,” he said. He shared...
cup stacking
Imagine you have 12 juice-size cups in front of you. Carefully construct a six-cup pyramid in the middle and two three-cup stacks either side. Then...
Temperature: Precip. Day Max. Min. Inches. Fº Fº Sept. 28 80 65 .27 Sept. 29 75 58 .00 Sept. 30 71 50 .00 Oct. 1 68 45 .00 Oct. 2 67 50 .00...
It’s the great Pumpkin Festival! Anyone who ventures into the growing pumpkin patch at Morning Glory Farm next Saturday, Oct. 13, need only wait...
Jeanette Vanderhoop
Janette Vanderhoop says she cannot function without caffeine. Her addiction is recent, but, she admits, chai tea in hand, she is worried. Halfway...
Vineyard summer, with all its last-minute social scramble, is over, and I’m back in New York. I decide it is finally, finally time, after 25 years...
A thin crescent moon appears tomorrow morning right above two planets. The moon is right above Venus, the brightest “star” in the East. The ringed-...

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