From the July 8, 1958 edition of the Vineyard Gazette: What Edgartown police estimated to be “in the neighborhood of 15,000 people” swarmed through Edgartown on the night of the Fourth of July.
These days the Island is getting caught up in the excitement of the Jaws 50th anniversary. However, veteran Vineyard anglers still tell stories about...
Until comparatively recent years the people of Martha’s Vineyard have gained what wealth they may have possessed from the sea.
The announcer told the audience to be quiet as Fred Fisher directed his te am of Belgian horses toward a loaded sled in the pulling ring at the...
Memorial Day is a time for Americans to honor soldiers who died in service to this country. It’s a day of gratitude and remembrance. For veterans,...
On the Great Plains of Katama surrounding Herring Creek Farm in Edgartown, broad fields of sandplain grasslands rippled in the gusty winds as spring...
A hurricane hit the Island recently when FBI agents and men in paramilitary armor arrived on our Island, escorted by the US Coast Guard.
For twenty years you have held me through thick and thin, season after season.
We were three French friends visiting Martha’s Vineyard for a week in June. As fans of slow tourism (using public transportation to reduce CO2...