The invention of the Alou Eel, a killer fishing lure, leads to new friendships and memorable fishing adventures.
By Kib Bramhall
There’s no easy answer to the question, how do you paint a landscape?
By Geoff Currier
The Katama airport, 128 acres by the shore, might have been a developer’s dream come true. But Steve Gentle liked it just the way it was.
By Tom Dunlop
Sixth grader Jake LaPierre of Vineyard Haven looked forward to his fifth trout-fishing tournament, sponsored by the Martha’s Vineyard Rod and Gun Club and held May 7 at Duarte’s Pond in West Tisbury. The magazine gave Jake a disposable camera and asked him to create his own photographic album of the day. Undaunted by the gale that afflicted the tournament, Jake shot a role of film in the darkness of the tent, and when the deluge let up a bit, at the pond’s edge.
By Tom Dresser
From the Atlantic to the Pacific, black-capped chickadees sing the exact same song. From Chappaquiddick to Aquinnah, they sing something completely different.
By Christine Schultz
To most Vineyard residents and many visitors, internist Michael Jacobs is the doctor who’s run the walk-in clinic on State Road in Tisbury since 1987.
By Elaine Lembo
There’s a soccer league of nations at play on the fields of the Vineyard.
By Jim Kaplan
In the movie Quackster Fortune Has a Cousin in the Bronx, Gene Wilder plays a fellow who earns his living going down the streets scooping up horse droppings, then selling them for fertilizer. He becomes one of the most beloved men in Dublin.
By Geoff Currier
It took two trips around the world for John Mayhew to find his way back home.
By Phyllis Mearas
The magazine asked Matthew Stackpole, executive director of the Martha’s Vineyard Historical Society, to identify and describe his six favorite boats in Vineyard Haven harbor.
By Matthew Stackpole
Bluefish seem so dependable – returning year after year. But sometimes, they just don’t show up, year after year.
By Christine Schultz
Okay, you try looking out into the glaring sun for hours on end while keeping track of three or four hundred people, and then tell us that being a lifeguard is a cushy job.
By Geoff Currier
