When the Cushing crew does its job right, fairgoers don’t realize the crew is there: a hand takes a ticket, an arm checks a safety bar, and that’s all anybody knows about the people who make it all happen.
By Christine Schultz
We must have always timed our trips just right because the ferry On Time had never even entered our thoughts.
By Carolyn O'Daly
If I ever get chickens again, I’ll definitely rent them.
By Margaret Knight
“Attention, ladies and gentlemen: if there’s anyone who knows how to dock the ferry, please report to the bridge.”
By Geoff Currier
Holly Alaimo was watching television one night when passersby wandered in to look at her artwork on the wall. With that act of trespassing, an arts colony was born on Dukes County Avenue.
By Christine Schultz
In our early years on the Vineyard, my wife, Detta, loved the solitude of Quansoo.
By Joe Tate
It was a perfect day for fishing...
By Ivan Gural
If you are going to get nabbed for speeding in Chilmark, you could do worse than be stopped on the rise just west of the Allen Farm on South Road.
By Max Hart
Martha’s Vineyard has long attracted writers, and in recent years, a whole new school of them has been lured here.
By Laura D. Roosevelt
You know that if you have a home on Martha’s Vineyard, you occupy a special place in the hearts of your mainland friends – a place that coincides neatly with their weeklong summer vacations. You’ll recall it was barely springtime when the phones started ringing. “We were wondering. . . .” “Hey, what are you doing. . . .” “We had a fantastic idea! Why don’t you plan to come and visit us in the fall, but this summer, we. . . .” You’ve heard it all before, right?
By Mark Jenkins
It wasn’t until Thomas Hart Benton came to the Island in 1920 that he found himself, and the painting style for which he would become famous.
By Sam Low
On the who, what, how, and why of everyday Island life.
By Glenny Bartram
