Julia Rappaport

In These Dark Times, Being Kind Can Be an Act of Protest

On election night, I refused to read the news or look at my phone. I put everything on Do Not Disturb and went to sleep.

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Honoring a Life Spent in Service to the Island

In the depths of sorrow, gratitude is one of the hardest things to cultivate.

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So Much More Than a Meal

There are only so many topics you can cover at dinnertime when you’re spending all day with the same person.

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There's No Place Like Home

When the news began getting overwhelmed with stories of Covid-19, and the anxieties mounted, I lost my ability to read.

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Farm to Page

Julia Rappaport

Writing about food, which I’ve done now for just a few months shy of a decade, was never something I set out to do. And, especially at the beginning of my career, it was anything but trendy or glitzy. It was dirty, gritty, and messy – at times quite literally.

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Dry January

Julia Rappaport

It was after spending the holidays back home on the Island that I made the decision to tackle Dry January: an aptly-named, specialty cleanse in which one gives up booze for 31 days at the start of the new year.

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A Terrifying Hit, A Newfound Sense of Home

Vineyard roots run strong and deep and I never have imagined calling anywhere else on earth home. I grew up on the Island, but plenty of people grow up plenty of places. They move, they call other cities, other towns their own. What has always rooted me to Martha’s Vineyard is what roots so many people here — a community with a heart much larger than the Island’s 100 square miles would suggest.

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Farm Share Members Confront Shortfall

Generous contributions from shareholders have provided a temporary fix for the financial woes plaguing the popular Whippoorwill Farm Community Supported Agriculture (CSA) program.

Farm operations will continue as usual in October, members are guaranteed their weekly produce and flowers through the end of the month, but plans for November are up in the air and the farm is due for major changes. This was the word from farmer Andrew Woodruff and his advisory board at a well-attended meeting of shareholders at the Agricultural Hall on Tuesday night.

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Harvest Moon Brings Fall Bounty

The Sept. 15 sun went down in one blazing ball and after the last bit of color was gone, the crowds gathered on Lambert’s Cove Beach brushed the sand from their bottoms and turned around to go home. And then a brilliant harvest moon rose to rival the sunset.

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County Hopefuls Offer Differences

It may not be the most controversial thing on the ballot, but the race for the Dukes County Commission is probably the most complicated.

There are three seats to fill; terms for John Alley of West Tisbury, Leonard Jason Jr. of Chilmark, and Roger Wey of Oak Bluffs are all ending. Mr. Wey is not seeking reelection.

Voters will see three names on the ballot when they vote Tuesday: John Alley, Leonard Jason and Linda Sibley, a former county commissioner from West Tisbury.

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