Central to the Vineyard’s past and present, shellfish may matter even more in our future.
By Matt Pelikan
Personalized license plates proclaim our affection for Martha’s Vineyard, on roadways near and far.
By Kate Feiffer
Tour bus no. 43, decorated with brightly painted whales, rumbles past Ocean Park. Leslie Malcouronne of Oak Bluffs is at the wheel giving her spiel.
By Geoff Currier
As Vineyarders, we play it cool with celebrities. Over the years, this well-publicized nonchalance has emerged as our calling card. Live and let live is our collective motto, a motto that we sometimes even adhere to.
By Kate Feiffer
For centuries ignored, ignited, unwanted, and taken for granted, the Manuel F. Correllus State Forest quietly provides recreation, habitat, and respite for humans and moths alike.
By Jim Miller
Modern technology is key to understanding the mysteries and science of sharks, says marine biologist Greg Skomal, the Discovery Channel’s “shark guy” and one of the world’s leading shark experts, who talked to us at his office in Oak Bluffs before leaving for Saudi Arabia this spring to tag sharks.
By Jim Miller
In celebration of our twenty-fifth anniversary, we continue to revisit profiles and stories from past issues of the magazine. Here are three more icons of the Vineyard.
By Karla Araujo, Nicki Miller, & Nancy Tutko
In 2007, Martha’s Vineyard Magazine began an annual Island Weddings & Celebrations publication, which has been indispensable for many a bride and groom. We look back to the first issue with this delightful essay by a wedding guest who saw more than he bargained for.
By Pete Cummin
The founding publisher and editor of Martha’s Vineyard Magazine, William E. Marks, invited Walter Cronkite to write a personal essay for the premier issue in summer 1985.
By Walter Cronkite
Our first note of thanks must go to you, dear readers. Without our subscribers and all who buy the magazine on newsstands or read it in doctors’ offices, libraries, businesses, or as hand-me-downs, there’s no way we could have reached this twenty-five-year milestone.
By Nicki Miller
How the fisheries have shifted focus over the past twenty-five years.
By Mike Seccombe
