A Front Row Seat for Bruce the Shark

In 1974, Susan Murphy and her husband Lynn towed the 25-foot-long mechanical shark for the filming of the movie Jaws.

Before the Film, There Was Jaws the Novel

Fifty years ago, when Wendy Benchley’s late husband Peter Benchley wrote a novel called Jaws, neither had any idea that it would become a phenomenon.

West Tisbury Town Column: August 2

I am smitten this summer with hummingbirds. Well, with two of them.

Edgartown Town Column: August 2

We have had some relief from the heat, but I am sitting here listening to the glorious rain.

Vineyard Haven Town Column: August 2

An action packed August is waiting in the wings.

Chappy Town Column: August 2

The Chappaquiddick Island Association annual meeting is this coming Saturday, August 3 at 9 a.m. at the Chappy Community Center.

Chilmark Town Column: August 2

She has dreamed of this moment.

Island Chef Finds a New Home in Oak Bluffs

Chef Ting is moving into the former Bombay Indian Cuisine in Oak Bluffs with plans to expand her catering business and help strengthen the Black cooking community on Martha's Vineyard.

Governor Whitmer Delivers Plea for Empathy at Vineyard Book Talk

Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer visited the Island over the weekend to promote her new memoir, True Gretch.

Film Depicts Hamas War Crimes

On Sunday evening, the Martha's Vineyard Film Center screened Screams Before Silence, a documentary featuring eyewitness accounts of sexual violence by Hamas fighters against Israeli civilians on October 7.

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