How to Win the Derby
In honor of the seventieth Martha’s Vineyard Striped Bass and Bluefish Derby, we sent fishing legend Janet Messineo out trolling for fish tales. Then, in honor of the fortieth anniversary of Jaws, we chummed the waters ourselves for a couple of good shark stories. The result? Well, you should have been here that time when,…
Wild Thing: Autumn Olive
What type of berry is safe to eat but not to plant? The answer isn’t so much a riddle as a home cook’s pro tip and a gardener’s cautionary tale. Autumn olives, small red berries with silver flecks, are abundant on the Island – too abundant, in fact. The native Asian shrubs and trees, introduced to…
The Isles of Gogo
For jewelry designer and sculptor Gogo Ferguson, inspiration is only a few sandy footsteps away.
Love + Chainsaws
Do New England’s top lumberjacks really live in West Tisbury?
The Nadler Effect: Casting for Other Derbies
Islanders will flood out of their homes on September 13 and largely disappear until October 17.
DAW: Beverage Leverage
Fisher-people prop their polesIn sturdy holders, sunk in holes,Which leaves their fingers somewhat freerTo wrestle with their cans of beer.
Radio Free Bluffs
Skip Finley wants your kid to tune in.
Notes from the Tackle Room: The Little Reel that Could
You can spend more than $1,000 on a fly reel. But who needs it? Charlie Blair and I each caught derby fly-rod-record fish on reels that cost $25. Today’s fly-fishing tackle is superb and constantly improving, really much better than it has to be for 99 percent of the fish we are trying to conquer.…
Man of Menemsha
Everett Poole has a simple plan to fix the Island. But first you have to get him to slow down enough to tell you about it.
30 Years From the MVM Vault: High Stakes
“Native Americans have always gamed, and we gamed for high stakes. Sometimes whole villages changed hands because of gambling.”
From the Editor
One evening not long ago I discovered that my phone can take time-lapse movies. Now, I’m sure everyone with the ubiquitous phone that we all apparently can’t live without has known about this feature for a long time. But I don’t take a lot of photographs, so it was new to me. I happened to…
Thing of Beauty: Talent? She’s Got it in the Bag
Kate Fournier, the one-woman workforce behind Noepe Design, launched her company this past spring. Mere months later, her products are in high demand.
Of Seaweed and Sassafras
Lucy Mitchell’s love of books takes her new work beyond words.
Island Classic: The Clog
Where do you turn for a shoulder-season shoe when it’s too frosty for flip-flops, but too warm for boots? Reader, you turn to the clog.
Encyclopedia Vineyardia
Encyclopedia Vineyardia: S
Sampson’s Hill, Sankaty, Sea Serpent, Sebastian, the Singing Cop, and Squeteague.
photo contest
Seventh Annual Photo Contest
The entries came from as far away as California and Canada, and covered everything from Aquinnah to Chappy and the Inkwell.
The Look
The Look, 1994
Single earring? Check. Chunky cross chain? Check. Backwards cap, Reebok sneakers, and grungy mullet? Check, check, and most definitely check.
