While “Let’s meet for coffee” might be a familiar refrain, globally, tea is the second most consumed beverage after water. So Tracy Thorpe, programs coordinator at the Chilmark library, discovered she was on to something when she started the Tea Club two years ago. Thorpe was initially inspired by the Spice Clubs that the Vineyard […]
The English settled Martha’s Vineyard from the outside in; early colonial settlements clustered around natural harbors and mill-powering streams, mostly near the periphery of the Island. The dry interior that scrubby triangle formed by the highways connecting Vineyard Haven, West Tisbury, and Edgartown remained virtually uninhabited for centuries. Modern inland developments like those […]
While the popularity of the Beach Road Weekend concert continues to grow and garner more support from local businesses and organizations, some town residents say the event has consistently created noise pollution and vibration disturbances and is inappropriate for the festival’s current Veterans Memorial Park location. Since its inception in 2019, the three-day annual festival, […]
Twenty-four boats showed up for the 46th Moffett Race, sponsored by Holmes Hole, on Saturday. It was a perfect warm September day to celebrate the 2023 sailing season on Martha’s Vineyard, with mostly sunny skies and smooth waters. The fleet included an array of monohull boats, from wooden classics like the 65-foot schooner Juno and […]
On Thursday, seven boats made quick work of the Vineyard Haven harbor triangle, sailing the 3.2 mile course in about 15 knots of north-north easterly wind and slop left over from the earlier 20-plus knots in the late morning. Frank Sutula’s Soma Holiday won the race followed by Tom Wescott’s Tamu in second, and Mike […]