The Jewish Culture Festival will be returning this summer to the same West Tisbury property as last year after briefly entertaining other locations due to town-imposed attendance limits. 

The sandy off-road vehicle trails of Chappaquiddick seem to be leading to a new destination as of late: a courtroom.

The Martha’s Vineyard Land Bank reported revenues of $174,610 for the business week ending on Friday, May 9, 2025. The land bank receives its funds from a two per cent fee charged on many Vineyard real estate transactions.

John Hynes purchased 475 Katana Road in Edgartown from Renee Greene for $510,000 on May 6.

When I was in sixth grade, way back when, my family purchased a motorboat named Pilot from the yacht club. It had been used for many decades in the sailing program and was replaced by a Boston Whaler. It was a product of Cape Cod Shipbuilding over in Wareham.

From the May 17, 1940 edition of the Vineyard Gazette: Simon Pinkham, Vineyard Haven police officer, holds the distinction of having apprehended and landed the first striped bass of the season.

I’ve always been a voracious reader. Escaping into a book can often be a pressure release for those day to day ups, down and, most of all, sideways.

Sun, sun, sun! The sun has been shining, people are loving the warmer weather, there are many baby bunnies running around, everyone is happy.

There are many reasons why the Vineyard is an attractive summer vacation destination. There’s the beaches, the salty cool air, daisies in the meadows, walks on the trails.

Migration takes many forms. Of course there are new arrivals that interest us, and of course there are transients that are passing through, but there are also late individuals that probably should have already migrated further north.