Commercial fishing has never been an easy way to make a living, and it’s not getting any easier. But a new community is trying to make sure it continues as an Island way of life.
By Will Sennott
Our friend Phyllis Meras turned ninety recently and used the occasion to write to me inquiring about the current status of her most recent piece for Martha’s Vineyard Magazine.
By Paul Schneider
Fans of the Martha’s Vineyard Sharks come to cheer for the college stars on the field. But it’s the team behind the team that has truly beaten all the odds.
By Noah Asimow
Artist Richard Lee, whose work is featured in a retrospective at the museum this month, imagined a world in which anything was possible, everything was beguiling, and endless inspiration could be found in the grotesque.
By Richard C. Skidmore
“I’m very passionate about painting wildlife and other parts of nature as a way that sort of brings people in and makes you aware of the nature and the wildlife on the Island.”
By Nicole Grace Mercier
For the graduating seniors of Martha’s Vineyard Regional High School’s class of 2021, it was a year of many uncertainties – but that didn’t stop the students from making the most of it.
By Nicole Grace Mercier
Next time you eat scallops or feed your lawn, you might want to think about the emerald waves of eelgrass down below.
By Nelson Sigelman
It is well known that long before any Europeans crossed the Atlantic Ocean and began, shall we say, investing in coastal real estate, certain medieval Christian monks debated at length the possibility of the existence of the place we now know of as Martha’s Vineyard.
By Paul Schneider
“Although I’m a landscape painter now, I still love patterns. And this moth I found – the Io moth – just spoke to me.”
By Nicole Grace Mercier
We would not plant seeds if we did not expect them to grow. And yet, somehow, every garden is miraculous.
By Fae Kontje-Gibbs
