When Joe Costa of Vineyard Haven was seven years old, he saw an airplane flying overhead and something went off inside of him – he was hooked.

As the Martha’s Vineyard Sharks head into year two, we look back at the collegiate baseball league’s premier season last summer.

It’s not often that you hear the words sensual and bulldozer in the same breath.

With thrillers, spillers, and fillers.

About a third of the food we eat is made possible by the cross-pollination of bees. But when you’ve got a huge hive within the walls of your house, your ecological conscience may only stretch so far.

Even though we’re in the Northeast, the Vineyard may be better suited to biking in the winter than many places on the mainland.

With their austere off-season beauty, the Island’s wild places are a natural draw.
This time of year many conservation groups offer education about the terrain, flora, and fauna – as well as entry to some private lands.

Jack and Sue Blake of Edgartown’s Sweet Neck Farm grow oysters on and below a raft on Katama Bay.

If you think fishing for blues and stripers from a kayak might be a little outside your comfort zone, consider this: Kayaks were originally invented by the Inuit for hunting and fishing, and their prey often included whales. Just to put things in perspective.

Jim Feiner of Chilmark is one of the people you see when you go to Squibnocket at sunset and look out at the rocks beyond the surf and say, “Hey, look at that guy out there in the kayak.” He’s been kayak-fishing around the Island for about ten years.

Developed with men in mind, broga has garnered a devoted following on the Island in recent years.