The banks of the Lagoon were once home to a glamorous musical hub. A chance encounter helped bring it back to life.
Brenda Horrigan
Over the past eight decades, the Martha’s Vineyard Striped Bass & Bluefish Derby has become more than an annual fishing competition. It’s a way of life.
Nelson Sigelman
All across the country, lighthouses are falling into disuse and disrepair. In Aquinnah, a devoted group of townspeople are ensuring that the beacon will stand for another 150 years.
Louisa Hufstader
If it weren’t for a rag-tag crew of Islanders, Jaws may never have made it to the big screen.
Amelia Smith
The quest to replace a stained glass window reconnected two towns: one in England and its namesake on the Island.
Thomas Humphrey
When the Squibnocket Pond Reservation opens to the public this spring, the 323-acre property will call attention to a landscape that has been shaped and challenged by history.
David R. Foster
For the Indigenous people of the Island, bringing stolen ancestral remains home for reburial has been a protracted, often frustrating process.
Thomas Humphrey
In 1885, Alexander Graham Bell traveled to the Vineyard to study the thriving Chilmark deaf community. His visit would eventually spark a protracted, controversial debate as to whether deaf people should abandon sign language in favor of the spoken word.
Dan Jackson
