On the afternoon of June 27, Doug Kass and his eight-year-old daughter Amelia, of Raleigh, N.C., were out for a walk on the south shore in...
Paul Shultz beach bottle sand
As Paul Schultz drives up and down East Beach on Chappaquiddick, past picnicking families and fishermen lining the shore casting far into the...
Please Adopt Us Our featured animal this week at the Animal Shelter of Martha’s Vineyard is a dog named Rocky. He is a two-year-old Beagle/lab...
I finally got my first mosquito bite. I was becoming somewhat smug. I do think as one ages one is not as tasty.
western kingbird
Unusual birds, rare birds or birds which are very similar to more commonly seen birds can be difficult to identify. There were two such sightings...
Japanese stiltgrass has recently been discovered in the Longview neighborhood of West Tisbury, and the Nature Conservancy needs Islanders’ help in...
“What’s in a name?” The answer, dear Juliet, is not as simple as it seems. “That which we call a rose” Unless, of course, it was not a rose...
Sergeant Sparrow CD cover yellow curtains
“It’s not enough to be a songbird, this world will work you to the bone,” sings musician Dan Waters on Sergeant Sparrow magazine’s new compilation...
Jane Was Here book cover
It’s surprising there aren’t more spooky thrillers that include mysteries, and more mysteries with spooks. When equal mixtures are applied — in...
Cliffe Knechtle, pastor for Grace Community Church in New Canaan, Conn., will be preaching at the Union Chapel in Oak Bluffs this Sunday, August 28...
kite kids ice cream girl boy cartoon
The wind is free and there will likely be plenty of it for tomorrow’s first Martha’s Vineyard Wind Festival in Oak Bluffs. The kite-flying festival...
Joe Veltrie restaurant snack bar
This is a conversion story. My road to Damascus led past the bustle of the Oak Bluffs harborfront, ending at Dinghy Dogs, the daytime home of Brian...

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