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.
By Vanessa Czarnecki
For day-trippers to Oak Bluffs, it doesn’t take long to find out what they need to know.
By Loren Ghiglione
Looking for a beach read to finish out the summer? Look no further than these Island-made new arrivals.
Vineyard Haven’s Chadwick Stokes takes to the big stage August 26.
By Sydney Bender
What is it, exactly, that makes the Vineyard feel so different than the rest of the country for Black and Brown Americans?
By Bijan C. Bayne
(With apologies and eternal admiration to the late Al Jaffee).
By Paul Karasik
Right whales that gather in the region are critically endangered; the cod for which the Cape is named are all but gone. And yet the rebounding shark and seal populations are rare success stories. They should be cause for celebration, not concern.
By Vanessa Czarnecki
Did he or didn’t he? It all depends on your definition of “did,” of course. Thirty years on, Islanders are still arguing over whether President Bill Clinton’s vacations here changed the place forever.
By Mary Breslauer
There’s never a dull moment at Ghost Island Farm in West Tisbury, where the produce is fresh, the scenery bucolic, and the weird, wacky details are all just part of the bounty.
By Martha Kirkpatrick
After a five-year reprieve from her decades-long career as an artist and art teacher, Janice Frame has found the inspiration she needs from the Vineyard once again.
By Elizabeth Bennett
Great white sharks on the Vineyard were long just a movie-going myth, but with a recent uptick in sightings, evidence of a rebounding population has now reached Island shores.
By Brooke Kushwaha
