Island Air-Traffic Control
As we sat in the control tower, Michelle Meyers, the tower manager of the Martha’s Vineyard Airport, glanced out at the horizon and said, “All right, see this plane coming in?”
The Firemen’s Booth at the Ag Fair
Bob Holt of the West Tisbury Fire Department flips burgers at the Agricultural Fair each August.
A Night of Ecstasy at Lobsterville
Lobsterville Beach after dark in summer months is particularly alluring to Vineyard fishermen.
How I Got Here: Marc Brown
Author of the Arthur books.
For the Love of Lobsters
A few Menemsha lobstermen hang on to a way of life as the catch in southern New England hits a 25-year low. Scientists, regulators, and fishermen are debating the reasons why.
The Kayak Chick
Having paddled here, there, and everywhere, Carolyn Dowd comes home to lead kayak tours all around the Vineyard.
A Fort of One’s Own
“Look for a wolf tree and build it so it’ll move with the wind.”
Artists in Light and Sound
Each August, a very small fireworks company shoots a very big show over Oak Bluffs.
A Captivating Experience
While docking in Edgartown to fill up on supplies, the venerable whaling captain James Longsail once noted, “You will no sooner find affordable lodging on Martha’s Vineyard than you will find a whale riding a bicycle.”
The Kellys of Ocean Park
When the Oak Bluffs fireworks end with the bursting of a pair of glittering, pyrotechnic palm trees this month, the Martha’s Vineyard Swing Band will begin to play on the porch of 93 Ocean Avenue. And John and Sharon Kelly will celebrate 29 years of summer living on the perimeter of Ocean Park.
Tom Dresser’s Favorite Tourist Questions
(And Marty Nadler’s favorite snappy answers.)
The Good Island Car
On Chappy and across the Vineyard, we make do with what’s lying around. If it still works or runs – even barely – it’s good enough for us.
Wicket Fun
Croquet – considered risqué in the nineteenth century and snooty in the twentieth – retakes the field on the Vineyard (and welcomes all comers) in the twenty-first.
The Workshop Gallery
In Love with Mabel
My husband is having an affair of heart with Mabel, but I think I’m falling in love with her, too.
Bodhi Path
The Agricultural Fair Chooses its Poster Girl
The high point of the Vineyard year is summer, and the high point of every summer is the Martha’s Vineyard Agricultural Society Fair.
