I hope our community will rally for Jeff and Becca LaMarche, former Chappy ferry captains, who need our support during a heartbreaking and challenging time. As many of you know, Becca and Jeff were...

Two nights of freezing temperatures last week finally brought a hard frost to Chappaquiddick. At Slip Away Farm, this means I will be digging the dahlia tubers, planting the last of our bulbs (I have...

As I sit and write this, it is early afternoon out here on Chappy, but the sun is already low in the sky, casting its golden light across our leaf-littered lawn. The dark days are upon us; time to...

My family and I left Chappy early last Sunday morning to visit a very different island a bit further north: Mount Desert Island in Maine, home to Acadia National Park. Similar to Martha’s...

We have had a stretch of beautiful, perfect fall days here on Chappy. This weekend temperatures climbed into the seventies, with little wind and clear blue skies. The water is still warm enough for...

The past few days since tropical storm Dorian swept through the Island have been absolutely spectacular. The heat and humidity of summer has dissipated, but we are still enjoying warm September light...

A large crowd gathered at the Chappy community center over the weekend to celebrate the combined sixty-nine years of service of four Chappy ferry captains: Brad Fligor, Jeff Lamarche, Becca Hamilton...

It is late August, often a season of molds and weeds on Martha’s Vineyard farms. Lydia Fischer, of the Garden Farm in West Tisbury, is harvesting the last of her basil crop, which is showing...

Every farmer has a favorite crop. Some are reluctant to name just one, like a mother who does not want to play favorites. Others, like Ethan Buchanan-Valenti, crop manager at the Grey Barn and Farm...