Just thirty years ago, the Vineyard and neighboring islands voted to secede from the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Mike Seccombe
No longer a commercial thoroughfare, the Dr. Fisher Road still spans the Island’s midsection – despite being overgrown in places and downright difficult to find.
Tod Dimmick
1. Which of these Vineyard women was a poet who seemed to prefer the company of chickens to people?
a. Rebecca West b. Lucy Vincent c. Lydia Norton d. Nancy Luce
2. Who was Thomas Mayhew Jr.? a. a Chilmark sheep farmer b. a famous sea captain c. a missionary d. the founder of Mad Martha’s
3. Which two boats ran aground in Vineyard Sound?
Tom Dresser
After Hurricane Carol roared through Martha’s Vineyard on August 31, 1954, Shirley Mayhew and her camera went to Menemsha harbor – where few others were allowed entry.
Shirley Mayhew
The first thing you notice when you compare the pictures is the absence of telephone poles in the older one.
HJ Bernstein
A wide swath of the Vineyard mosaic – seniors on canes, young men in work boots, mid-lifers in classic cardigans – made the scene.
Shelley Christiansen
The Revolutionary War was not one of Martha’s Vineyard’s shining moments.
Max Hart
In September 1976, a breathtakingly bold scheme to federalize land-use planning on Martha’s Vineyard died in Congress. For better and worse, the Island is still living with the legacy of what came to be known as the Kennedy bill.
Shelley Christiansen
