07.01.06

A 22-year-old native of Chappaquiddick, serving as second mate aboard the traditional schooner Pride of Baltimore II, sails across the Atlantic for the first time in her life.

By Lily Morris

07.01.06

Minding his own business.

By Mike Seccombe

07.01.06

On the Vineyard, there are as many ways to eat lobster as there are cooks in Island kitchens.

By Catherine Walthers

07.01.06

Executive Director of Martha’s Vineyard Community Services.

By Kate Feiffer

07.01.06

“Right above the table, the little mouse paused, leaned over as if to join the conversation, then tumbled over the edge and landed with a thud on the table.”

By Shirley Mayhew

07.01.06

The heyday of the Hot Tin Roof was in the late 1970s and early ’80s, the first few years of its existence. The club changed hands many times, went bankrupt once, and was resurrected in the mid-1990s. The steel building at the airport now houses a nightclub called Outerland – as well as a lot of memories.

By Chris Burrell

07.01.06

On its sesquicentennial, Martha’s Vineyard Shipyard, one of the oldest businesses on the Island, stands at the heart of a working Vineyard Haven harbor.

By Tom Dunlop

07.01.06

When you walk out to our backyard, the first thing you’ll notice is that CDs are hanging from the branches of many of our bushes. It’s not because we want our forsythias to look like gypsies; it’s to scare away the damn deer.

By Geoff Currier

07.01.06

Baby birds in trouble. Endangered. Who wouldn’t want to save the piping plover at almost any cost? All you fishermen, senior citizens, and second graders who’ve lost the use of your favorite beach, line up here.

By Kate Feiffer

07.01.06

Two summers ago, I took a job in downtown Edgartown. “What about parking?” I inquired.

By Shelley Christiansen

07.01.06

The Franklins, who run Vineyard Photo, keep a project in motion at home.

By Margaret Knight

07.01.06

My strategy is to plant a little more than I need of everything, do my imperfect best at pest control, then resign myself to sharing some of my bounty with the critters and insects.

By Laura D. Roosevelt

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