Matthew and Todd Mayhew mending nets for squidding in Menemsha. Matt and Todd co-own the fishing vessel Lady M. out of Menemsha harbor.
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This is the show: For the next seven weeks, the Island lives not in anticipation or memory but squarely in present tense.
July 17, 2016
A working fishing village with front-row seats for sunsets, Menemsha exerts an inexorable pull on lifelong Islanders and weekend visitors alike, a seemingly timeless place where vintage post card imagery coexists with gritty, wet reality.
July 14, 2016
On any given summer day, Martha's Vineyard’s year-round population is boosted by tens of thousands of people.
July 10, 2016
Crowds thronged Main street in Vineyard Haven Tuesday for the 45th annual Tisbury Street Fair.
July 8, 2016
As the Fourth of July came to a close Edgartown restaurants were full and lines reached out the doors of ice cream shops. Spectators filled downtown streets and found perches wherever they could: harbor benches, sidewalks, beach chairs and towels in the sand by the lighthouse.
July 5, 2016
The Mike Benjamin Band kicked off the Martha's Vineyard Camp Meeting Association sunset concert series Friday evening.
July 5, 2016
The Bay State Band played Yankee Doodle and God Bless America. Born in the USA blasted from the Rotary Club’s float speakers. The Martha’s Vineyard Scottish Society had bagpipes, the Peace Society marched, the girls’ tennis float boasted a State Champions sign.
July 4, 2016
It was all about the children at the Camp Ground's Fourth of July Kids Parade.
July 4, 2016
Roses and hydrangeas are in bloom, sidewalks swept clean, windows flung open to the muggy air. Grocery stores are stocked with hot dogs and lemonade. Farm stands are a painterly study in fresh lettuce, sugar snap peas and sweet strawberries still warm from the field.
July 3, 2016
After a three-day visit the Hokule'a departed Friday morning bound for her next stop just across the sound in Woods Hole.
July 1, 2016
Operating out of Oak Bluffs for 28 years, the Skipper takes out fishing charters in search of the elusive scup.
June 30, 2016
Aboard Windsong’s Lady sits Joe DiMaggio, retired cruiser of the center fields for the New York baseball Yankees and the elder statesman of this third annual John Havlicek celebrity fishing tournament.
June 30, 2016
It was all hands on deck as the Hokule’a entered Vineyard Haven Harbor Tuesday for its official mooring on Martha’s Vineyard.
June 29, 2016
In an unscheduled stopover, the Polynesian sailing vessel Hokule’a put in at Menemsha for the night on Monday
June 29, 2016
Penn Field was full of anticipation Sunday morning for the Martha's Vineyard Little League championship games.
June 27, 2016
Do not tarry, for now the season moves forward with a rush and it will pass before you know it. Go out into the countryside and enjoy summer. It is a season that will return untold rewards to those who pause long enough to appreciate the fragile beauty of this land in the sea.
June 26, 2016