Sure, other Islanders may have built bigger vessels. But no one built a bigger fleet than Van Ryper of Vineyard Haven.
By A. Bowdoin Van Riper
They don’t have federal recognition. They don’t have land. But the Chappaquiddick Tribe of the Wampanoag Indian Nation has not disappeared into the mists of time.
By John H. Kennedy
Excerpted from an article by Francis Endicott that appeared in the 1881 edition of Scribner’s magazine.
By Francis Endicott
With lobster tails for bait, is it any wonder the monster bass went nuts?
By Kib Bramhall
The road to Cape Pogue is breathtakingly beautiful, winding through an unspoiled landscape of dunes and heather and cedar trees, always with a water view.
By Kib Bramhall
On the Vineyard, the “lazy days of summer” – those “summer afternoon, summer afternoon” times that James praised – come at its beginning, in July, and at its end, in September.
By Paul Schneider
Wake up. It’s August already. There is much to do, and plenty of fun to be had.
By Paul Schneider
What's the history behind Eastville? Who was part of the Edgartown Mining Company? And who were Ray Ellis and Epenow?
Two years after the Mills Brothers Three Ring Circus made its first appearance on the Vineyard, the company returned for an encore performance.
Or: How to Read the Gay Head Cliffs.
By Peter Brannen
“I like taking old work and incorporating it into new work, because it’s almost a continuous story of how your work has transformed and grown over time.”
