Menemsha played host to the annual meet the fleet even Thursday evening. Crabs were raced, scallops were shucked and nets were mended as visitors enjoyed the sights and sounds of the working waterfront.
Chilmark officials are holding off on upgrades to the aging commercial docks in Menemsha until after the Island makes a decision on the $400 million regional high school building project.
Large crowds gathered in Menemsha on Thursday during the eighth annual Meet the Fleet event put on by the Martha’s Vineyard Fishermen’s Preservation Trust.
Started by Hugh Taylor in 1990 and run by the Taylor family today, the Menemsha bike ferry has transported countless people (and their bikes) from the Menemsha side of the harbor to the Aquinnah landing at West Basin.
The Impossible Dream is celebrating 10 years of docking on Martha’s Vineyard, and recently honored Menemsha harbormaster Ryan Rossi for allowing them to dock there every summer for the last decade.
After a special screening of A Complete Unknown, the new Bob Dylan biopic, Menemsha resident Jane Slater recalled her memories of hosting Mr. Dylan when she lived in Greenwich Village in the 1960s.
