On a warm summer night at the edge of the Lagoon, a group of Islanders old and young gather to play music, tuning up for the 154th summer of Vineyard Haven Band concerts.
The Agricultural Society fairgrounds were abuzz on Saturday as West Tisbury Farmers’ Market vendors lined up their Toyota trucks and Subarus, knocked the dust off pop-up tents, and laid out folding tables with Island-grown goodies.
On Saturday morning, 67 hikers began the 27th annual cross-Island hike hosted by the Martha’s Vineyard Land Bank, rekindling a tradition on hold due to the pandemic since 2020.