Alison Shaw stands in the fog beneath the Oak Bluffs fishing pier. Her camera is positioned on a tripod as she looks through the lens at the early morning waves meeting the shoreline.
Through Phyllis Vechiia's Women in History program, she uses song and theatrical presentations to introduce Vineyard students each year to important women in history.
Celebrity Autobiography won the 2009 Drama Desk Award for unique theatrical experience, and will be presented on July 6 at the Performing Arts Center to raise money for the Martha’s Vineyard Playhouse.
The third annual Bioblitz took place at Long Point Wildlife Refuge over the weekend, where citizen scientists went to work cataloguing hundreds of local species.
Michael Colaneri received the Spirit of the Vineyard Award Thursday to a standing ovation from friends, family and colleagues at the Portuguese-American Club.
Anthony Holand wields a hammer in his Vineyard Haven studio as he works on a commemorative weathervane for the 50th anniversary of the filming of Jaws. The sound of copper clanging rings out as he repeatedly brings the hammer down on a chisel, slowly moving down the shape of a shark.
The Oak Bluffs select board approved $200,000 for the Southern Tier project and $75,000 for a veterans housing proposal Tuesday. Both saw rising costs associated with the pre-construction phase.
The cyanobacteria bloom advisory in Chilmark Pond has been extended to include the Abel’s Hill and Doctors Creek areas in addition to the middle of the pond.
