Louisa Hufstader

The Niceties Returns, More Relevant Than Ever

After a compelling online production of The Niceties by the Martha’s Vineyard Playhouse last October, Amy Brenneman and Tsilala Brock reprised their roles in Eleanor Burgess’s play for a live Zoom performance Monday night.

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Food Waste Recovery Program Ramps Up
Louisa Hufstader

A food waste recovery project begun four years ago on the Vineyard is ramping up again after the pandemic interrupted the bulk of the collections. When restaurants and school cafeterias closed, the initiative lost the main source of the food scraps it turns into compost.

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Farmers’ Market Eyes Second Season Away From Home
Louisa Hufstader

The West Tisbury Farmers’ Market is poised for a return to the Martha’s Vineyard Agricultural Society grounds for a second socially-distanced season.

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Island Born Photographer Brings Family Histories Home
Louisa Hufstader

When Hollis Engley’s parents died 20 years ago, he inherited a vast store of photographs from more than a century of family history on Martha’s Vineyard and in the Azores.

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Tisbury School Overhaul Heads Back to Voters for a Second Time
Louisa Hufstader

A nearly 10-year effort to significantly overhaul the Island’s oldest town school is headed back to voters in Tisbury, where in June they will be asked to approve a $55 million bond measure.

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Right Whale Mother and Calf Spotted South of the Vineyard
Louisa Hufstader

A small group of North Atlantic right whales, including a mother and calf, were photographed on Sunday swimming about 20 miles south of Martha’s Vineyard.

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On the Ground and in the Air, Neal Rantoul Chronicles the Vineyard

Neal Rantoul’s first Island photography exhibition since 1995 is actually a pair of shows in one, each taking the viewer on a different Vineyard journey.

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Black Church Documentary Has Deep Vineyard Roots
Louisa Hufstader

The new PBS documentary series by Henry Louis Gates Jr. includes scenes from the Union Chapel in Oak Bluffs.

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West Tisbury Cannabis Company Is Sold
Louisa Hufstader

West Tisbury’s first marijuana business is changing hands, under an agreement between Patient Centric owner Geoff Rose and FFD Enterprises.

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Her Own History in the Spotlight, Charlayne Hunter-Gault Reflects
Louisa Hufstader

This year marks the 60th anniversary of Charlayne Hunter Gault’s arrival at the historically segregated University of Georgia in Athens.

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