The Christmas cheer has subsided and now New Year’s winks at us from around the next corner with its hats and noisemakers, bubbly and midnight kisses.

Roberta Kirn finds songs wherever she goes, a wandering minstrel for music as part of her Song Exchange Project.

On Memorial Wharf in Edgartown a tower of lobster pots was gathered, built and decorated by Sandy Fisher.

Peter Simon, a man who hugged first and talked later, died at the Martha’s Vineyard Hospital on Sunday, Nov. 18. The cause was cardiac arrest.

From my perch on a park bench I sit and watch my daughter age.

Paul Dawson's first book of poetry is called Musings of an Old Man. It is guided by a narrator who does not look away from life’s hardships, and instead embraces them head on, with a curiosity and compassion all his own.

Scott Frank's Netflix series Godless won three Emmy awards. He says he gets more writing done on the Vineyard than anywhere else.

On Thursday, four 14 year olds defied expectations and age limits when they strutted into the Ritz and instead of being tossed out started tuning up.

The words are on the page, but for Jennifer Joanou that is just the first step. In fact, by the time her creative process is done the words may no longer be visible.

The preparations are almost done and the crowds ready to be welcomed to the 157th Agricultural Fair and Livestock Show.