After the series of heavy coastal storms that caused erosion Island-wide, it isn’t just Edgartown undergoing remediation efforts. Chilmark officials are planning to combat effects at Menemsha Beach, as well as at Squibnocket. The state Department of Environmental Protection has permitted the town to dredge sand from Menemsha Basin, and add that sand to the […]
The other day, I ran into Pat Toomey in Stop & Shop, and he very nicely said, “I’m determined to go fishing at sunset, do you want to go?”Everything in me wanted to say “YES!” except the part that knew I had to open the shelter, which replied, “I can’t.” “Another day,” said Pat, avid […]
Denys Wortman gives us a rare perspective of this place we call home specifically, from up high. His current exhibit, “View from Above,” at the Martha’s Vineyard Playhouse, is an alluring array of photographs he has taken with drones since 2016. Seeing the world from on high was not new to him. Always interested […]
Lucy Vincent, 31, launched her campaign group Food Behind Bars in 2016 when she learned about the dire quality of prison food and its impact on prisoners.
The abundance of artistic talent on the Island is always amazing when we stop a minute to think about it. It’s come more to light in our office as we’ve realized that one of our feature writers, Allison Roberts, has a whole other side to her that involves pens and sketching, cameras and lenses, and […]