Oak Bluffs’ Island Theatre continues to draw attention to itself with a mixture of ire and fondness. Many have warm memories borne of days gone by; rainy day afternoon matinees with mom, first...

The lawsuit of Lillian E. Judkins vs. Thomas J. Charette and others was heard from Dec. 3, 1925 to Feb. 26, 1926. The plaintiff (Judkins) brought the lawsuit on March 25, 1925 because Charette (the...

In addition to the architecturally significant homes designed by Samuel L. Pratt, the Oak Bluffs Land & Wharf Company left another legacy — our parks. Robert Morris Copeland’s layout...

The legacy Samuel Freeman Pratt (1824-1920) left to Oak Bluffs is inestimable. We know little about his early life (his father was a carpenter) but his midlife was spent as an architect when he...

Development on the Island of Martha’s Vineyard shouldn’t keep anyone up at night, thanks to our overactive but often indecisive Martha’s Vineyard Commission. After another look at...

The 4,680 acres of Oak Bluffs, the biggest little town on Martha’s Vineyard, account for 8.2 per cent of the Island’s acreage. Presently the third ranked town in assessed property value,...

The Oak Bluffs Association, established in 1990 to improve tourism and enrich the quality of life for Oak Bluffs community members, traces its ancestry to 1977 when the first Tivoli Day was launched...

Four of the six men (Shubael Lyman Norton, Ira Darrow, Grafton Norton Collins and William Bradley) who formed the Oak Bluffs Land and Wharf Company that built Cottage City were whaling captains. They...

Oak Bluffs is indeed a town where dreams come true; one where those whose dreams have come true choose to live, visit and vacation. Lots of successful Oak Bluffs' denizens have traveled the world...

Oak Bluffs owes quite a bit to educator and historian Dr. Adelaide M. Cromwell. Her article in the Dukes County Intelligencer of August, 1984 was the first to define our town with the title The...