The only sounds were the rustling of branches and the crunching of leaves. It was a brilliant late-summer morning, and a herd of goats was having breakfast on a piece of land near Black Point Pond, where Rebecca Brown of Island Grazing was working on a private meadow restoration project. There were tall Kiko and Boer goats stretching up on their legs to grab leaves, and smaller Arapawa goats staying closer to the ground.
By Ivy Ashe
After twenty years of focusing on her Vineyard Haven gallery, Nancy Shaw Cramer is ready to take a step back.
By Nicole Grace Mercier
Something there may be that doesn’t love a wall, according to Robert Frost, but who can resist a white picket fence? No one in Edgartown, it would seem.
By Alexandra Bullen Coutts
In the age of “reality” shows like Antiques Roadshow and Pawn Stars, when appraisers are minor celebrities and every grandmother’s attic seems to contain at least one semi-precious vase or imposter impressionist, it often appears as if determining the worth of a thing – any thing – takes little more than a quick once-over by the right person.
By Alexandra Bullen Coutts
It started at Thanksgiving. Peggy Ehrenkranz, then eighty-three-years-old, and her twin children, Katherine and Doug, gathered with their families from various parts of the country to celebrate the holiday at Katherine’s home in McLean, Virginia.
By Alexandra Bullen Coutts
With the Gay Head Light at the edge of the cliff, Vineyarders are celebrating, and angling to save, the beloved red-and-white-flashing beacon at the Island’s western tip.
We’ve all heard the complaints – some Island towns are saddled with higher property taxes, while others are among the lowest in the state. The residential tax rate in Chilmark is a mere $2.48 per thousand dollars of property value, for instance, while over in Tisbury it’s more than three times as much at $8.39. Pop into any Vineyard cocktail party and you’ll hear plenty of theories. Chilmark offers fewer municipal services than other towns, some will say.
I first met Albert back in the eighties. My then-future wife rented his house in Edgartown one summer and I used to bump into him from time to time. Albert was a little rough around the edges and a bit of a free thinker, but basically a straight-up guy.
By Geoff Currier
You might want to think twice about where you put that coffee table.
By Geoff Currier
Protective measures help plants survive the crueler months.
By Nicole Grace Mercier
James Sanfilippo of Aquinnah is an artisan specialty plasterer.
By Simone McCarthy
As the driveway circles up toward the house, the wide curved porch - linking two of four wings - comes into view near the crest of the hill. The owners: Ken and Dede Feinberg
By Karla Araujo
