Pennacook avenue in Oak Bluffs is a street full of stories, the latest of which is a lovely coincidence.

Repairs are under way this fall at the East Chop Lighthouse, the historic cast-iron tower that sits on Telegraph Hill, its beacon flashing green-green-green to guide mariners on their way around the chop.

From 2012 to 2017, Skip Finley wrote more than 250 columns for the Vineyard Gazette, centering on the history and unique character of Oak Bluffs.

The fiercest, bloodiest wars are those fought not over territory or a throne, but over a way of life.

Many contributors to black history weren’t black. Take the abolitionists, for example.

The Old Variety Store behind the Flying Horses has come into the public spotlight with the news that the owner wants to tear it down and replace it with a new building.

A two-minute clip of historic scenes were shot in and around Oak Bluffs by three different families between the early 1930s and early 1970s.

The Bradley Memorial, the first African American church on the Vineyard, was demolished last week.

Who needs the History Channel when you’ve got the Cottagers’ 34th Annual House Tour? This year’s event takes place Thursday, July 20 from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m.

My family, extended and otherwise, has been a part of Martha’s Vineyard, and Oak Bluffs in particular, since the 1920s.