We are gathered on the porch, exchanging presents, sharing some champagne and crackers too.

Paul Greenberg writes about the outdoors. Most often he can be found at sea chronicling the life of fish in his books.

For many years, instead of eating Thanksgiving dinner I called up the local health club and asked if I could use their sauna.

In Ghosts of Martha's Vineyard, Thomas Dresser has written a book that is part hair raiser and part comfortable journey through the Island’s past.

Beginning earlier this week and running through Nov. 15, the mind and talent of Paul Karasik will be on display at the Martha’s Vineyard Film Center.

Just off the coast of Noman’s Land is a rock that once rested on the island.

The story of the Cape Codder 19 dates to the late 1960s when Sandy Urquhart was tinkering with hull designs aimed at creating an affordable craft made specifically for Cape and Vineyard waters.

This annual Martha's Vineyard CROP Walk will begin on Oct. 1 and run though Oct. 18. The distance can be whatever anyone wants it to be, the miles adding up over the three-week period.

Serena Ward, fishing in her first derby, earned bragging rights for the first fish, an 8.4-pound false albacore. Chuck Winter was second with a 4.44-pound bluefish.

I liked to read a lot as a child, my specialty being books about animals, who of course died on the way to a tear-filled ending.