Sections

Wetsuit, Wet Feet

One of the oldest dive shops in America carries on a deep tradition.

Outermost Mayhem

Once upon a time on the Vineyard, October meant only one thing: The Crunch!

Local Liqueur

Making cordials with the wild fruits of fall.

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People

Asking Amy

Amy Brenneman talks new projects and old memories on the Island.

By Alexandra Bullen Coutts
"Phil Combra, like all good barbers, is an excellent listener, encouraging conversation. There is rhythm as well as repetition to our conversation."

Wild Things

One Bad Crab

Can the invasive green crab be stopped before it decimates the Vineyard’s shellfish industry?

By Nelson Sigelman

Eating In

The Bean Goes On

Prolific growers and producers, shell beans are gifts that keep on giving – especially if you dry them for use in the long winter ahead.

By Susie Middleton

Wild Things

Tick, Tick, Boom

Deer harvests are down, meaning tick populations are likely up. Is Covid somehow involved?

By Nelson Sigelman

Essays & Humor, Wild Things

Singing Those Bonito Blues

Hard to find, hard to hook, and hard to land, Atlantic bonito are impossible to forget.

By Ed Mitchell

 

 

The now legendary demolition derbies, a.k.a. the Crunches, took place in Aquinnah around Columbus Day weekend of 1979, 1980, 1981, and 1982 with Vineyard Sound providing a gorgeous backdrop.

This video shows one of the final runs of 1982 when Jackie Clason - driving her Chevy Vega, called Joy to Destroy - was sideswiped, causing her car to flip over. Immediately, people ran to the rescue and righted the car.