“By the water we all feel at home,” writes Barbara Bates Conroy in her intensely moving book Dear Jack: A Love Letter.

Naturally, a good many Vineyard tales verge on the odd.

The winning sixth grade artists are Caroline Bettencourt, Andressa Da Trindade, Alissa Habekost, Clare Mone, Katie Ogden, and Nikeya Tankard.

The Chamber of Commerce has announced the winners of the 2017-18 Island Book cover art contest.

Six Island sixth graders are the winners of the 2016-2017 Island Book cover art contest sponsored by the Martha’s Vineyard Chamber of Commerce.