As the wooden fishing boat slows to a halt, twenty-three rods rest perpendicularly on the red metal railing waiting for the signal. When the motor cuts, the weighted and squid-baited lines drop immediately into the water, finding their way down about fifty feet to the bottom. Tap, tap, tap, the hits come nearly instantly. Within minutes, maybe even seconds, amid shouts and whoops, silver fish dangle from multiple lines.
By Catherine Walthers
You start out diving for coins on Martha’s Vineyard and the next thing you know you are a Hollywood stunt dynasty.
By Ivy Ashe
You trekked down to the beach, hauled your gear, and staked out the perfect spot. Why not save it in style?
It is becoming harder to pass the salt. Who is available to pass it?
By Charlie Nadler
“It was a beautiful August afternoon, and I was working on taking a photograph of the Gay Head Cliffs with just the right light..."
Meet the brains and brawn behind the new Rosewater Market in Edgartown.
By Erin Ryerson
Check Out That Librarian! Mayumi and the Sea of Happiness, by Jennifer Tseng. (Europa Editions)
Lickety-split renovations are a specialty of sorts for Mark Snider.
By Phyllis Meras
Hot tempura! Ice cream cones!Smoked ribs that melt right off the bones!Your stomach’s not an endless crater ...No wonder you falafel later!
By D.A.W.
Sometimes the arc of the moral universe is long and slow, and sometimes it curves sharply, making up for wasted time. That was the case last month as scattered calls to remove the Confederate battle flag from the South Carolina capitol ignited a nationwide call to expel Confederate symbols from all parks and government buildings.
By Tom Dunlop
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