The widely heralded Dorothy West wrote this column from 1967, when it was called Cottager’s Corner, to 1993 (the column’s name was changed to Oak Bluffs in 1973). Her writing graced us...

The Oak Bluffs Land and Wharf Company reached its demise following a period of National economic malaise and the Vineyard Grove Company was able to buy its remnants at pennies on the dollar....

One bright, cloudless, Chamber of Commerce day, after making the turn off of Healey Way, after a post office stop, I couldn’t help but notice the new railing along Sea View avenue glistening in...

The Martha’s Vineyard Museum will focus on Prohibition in an exhibit beginning June 17 titled Island Spirits. A Prohibition-era still will be on display along with other artifacts, documents,...

With the season heralded by the Memorial Day holiday just two weeks away it’s time to begin filling in the calendar for what is already anticipated to be a busy summer. Nostalgia may be the...

Time is a luxurious concept we used to take for granted when wasting our youth. Spearfishing, blueberry picking and skipping rocks was what we used to call "Monday." Time stood still for...

Oak Bluffs’ Hiacoomes was the first “Christian Indian and Minister on Martha’s Vineyard” as attested by the Reverend Experience Mayhew (1672 – 1758). The reverend was...

Four years ago one of Oak Bluffs’s favorite citizens, Charles H. (Cee Jay) Jones was awarded the Congressional Gold Medal acknowledging the segregation of African American Marines at Montford...

There are so many reasons to be pleased with nostalgia in Oak Bluffs, not the least of which is that you’ve aged well enough, long enough (so far) to experience it. You may have noticed over...

It’s only in magical places like Oak Bluffs that one might find himself neighbors with a real Indian chief. About six columns ago I reminisced about growing up during the summer on Dukes County...