Three teams lined up for the lightweight draft horse pull at the 156th Martha’s Vineyard Agricultural Fair on Friday were undeterred by a little rain. In fact, the wet weather kept the dust to...

A volunteer beautification project at the Vineyard Haven post office can remain, but no more donations will be accepted, U.S. postal officials said this week. Steve Doherty, a U.S. postal service...

When he was 10 years old Amor Towles put a note in a bottle that read something like “if this makes it to China . . . please write back.” He tossed it into the ocean off West Chop, then...

Susanna Styron grew up spending her summers on the Vineyard, swimming, sailing, playing tennis and generally being carefree. In her teenage years, she returned to the Vineyard during the offseason...

A tour across Lucy Vincent Beach, painted in the winter in utter abstraction, is a riot of reds and yellows and greens where some might have only seen white. The ubiquitous tower, done in gold, juts...

Tucker Pforzheimer and Truman French are mushroom farmers with tents full of logs and a passion for shiitakes. The duo are the brains, heart, sweat and soul behind MV Mycological, the Island’s...

Wearing a faded-orange 2009 Chilmark Road Race T-shirt, Hugh Weisman walked along the small grassy strip next to Middle Road. His red truck was pulled off to the side, hazard lights blinking. A long...

Sgt. Timothy Stobie’s last shift wasn’t very eventful. He didn’t arrest anybody. He didn’t ride the motorcycle. After walking down Main street and a couple quick patrols of...

A volunteer effort to beautify the Vineyard Haven post office lot came to an abrupt end yesterday after two weeks of work had been completed. Bryan T. Cimeno, 22, had been donating his time and...

In her kitchen, Jenifer Strachan never breaks a dish. Every day, meals are eaten on antique china free from cracks or chips. But down in her studio there are piles of cracked and chipped plates, cups...