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September-October 2023


Eye on the Ball

Little League umpire Rick Mello braves foul balls, contested calls, and heckling parents, all for the love of the game.

Saving Waskosim’s

Nearly forty years ago, a protracted battle between developers and a grassroots collection of neighbors proved to be a turning point in the history of conservation on the Island.

See Weeds?

Artist Corinna Kaufman of Aquinnah has spent a lifetime creating fine art from found seaweed.

On the Edge

Shellfishermen and scientists have spent years battling a disease that nearly wiped out the native oyster population. At last, there are signs of a possible way forward.

Accidental Islanders

A year after forty-nine Venezuelan migrants were transported to the Vineyard, one family who made the journey has come to call it home.

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Q & A

One Last Thing

From the Editor

From the Editor

In 1962 Lela Mae Williams boarded a bus for Massachusetts accompanied by her nine youngest children. She had been promised a better life – guaranteed housing, a job, even a personal welcome from then-President Kennedy. But when she arrived in Hyannis, she discovered she had been the victim of a cruel political joke.


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