It’s called the Dairy Farm Preservation Act, but legislation signed into law last week by Gov. Deval Patrick will be a boost for all kinds of small farmers. The law will make available more...

Despite sky-high fuel prices and a slumping economy, early numbers released by the Martha’s Vineyard Airport this week show a summer season only slightly slower than last year. “We’...

They are the most successful R& B male vocal group of all time and have sold more than 60 million records. This summer they are playing a casino in Detroit, Cardinal Stadium in Louisville and...

25 years marks a silver anniversary. But after spending nearly a quarter century at the microphone, Barbara Dacey’s memories are colored gold. “She was dressed beautifully. She was...

BY JULIA RAPPAPORT It may not quite measure up to Fashion Week in New York city, but Saturday evening will find a back alley of Main street Vineyard Haven temporarily transformed into a...

The big wooden doors of the Chicama Vineyards shop closed for the last time Sunday evening at two minutes past five. The shelves of the shop, once stocked with wines made from the grapes grown...

The day was expected to draw a crowd in the thousands — and it did — but inside Ocean Park on Sunday, large swaths of grass were visible and vending booths were quiet at the...

In 1967, heartthrob band mates John Lennon and Paul Mc Cartney wrote a ballad for their friend and drummer Ringo Starr. Over the airwaves, the lyrics poured, catchy and upbeat: I get by with a little...

The people are coming — upwards of 5,000 are expected — and the town of Oak Bluffs is ready for them.Roads will be blocked, busses rerouted. The entire Oak Bluffs police force will be in...

On Tuesday afternoon as thunderstorms threatened, they came to the West Tisbury Grange Hall early and straggled in late: fishermen fresh off their boats, cooks from Chilmark and New York, politicians...