The following are excerpts from a forthcoming book by Margaret (Peggy) Freydberg called Poems from the Pond, 107 Years of Words and Wisdom.
The finance committee of West Tisbury voted to not recommend the warrant article enabling the town to spend money on its budget.
The teacher who had taught in the art room before me was a gray-haired superhero in an apron. I know this because she was once my teacher.
Pity poor West Tisbury. It has needs, wants and aspirations but does not have a stable renewable source of funds.
April is autism awareness month, but around our house we’re acutely aware of autism every day.
For the past six months my husband Jeff and I have swapped late nights out with early nights in. We’ve become experts on car seats and having...
There is a magnet that I keep thinking about on the refrigerator door in my grandfather’s apartment.
The following is an award-winning essay written by Womsikuk James for the Young Native Writer’s Essay Contest.
Hail, Hail to the Jacksons . . . family and crew, And Hail to our beloved Ocean View.
I have the night shift. The preferred shift, really. The baby sleeps (more) at night. Etienne is the baby’s name. Etienne is French for Stephen.
The waterfront lost a friend this past week. Retired sergeant William L. Searle 3rd, of the Environmental State Police died on March 5.
The Martha's Vineyard Land Bank had a retirement party this week for Edith W. Potter, a Chappaquiddick resident and longtime conservationist.

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