Peering out the doorway of the Gannon & Benjamin Marine Railway all coated in sawdust, the Old Sculpin catboat waits for the day its centerboard can again cut through Island waters, and the sandy shoals become its playground once more. This sturdy vessel, sporting a wide hull and comfortable cabin, has been in the care […]
The origin of a Feb. 7 fire that engulfed a 19th Century Tisbury home commonly known as the Hackney House is “undetermined,” according to Tisbury Fire Chief Greg Leland. The only thing Chief Leland thought might shed new light on the cause is a finding by the insurer of the house. “As far as we’re […]
Greetings from cold, bright, and snowy Ithaca, N.Y., where I am visiting seasonal Aquinnah residents Rachel and Mike McDonald. The air is bracing, and the snow has a pleasing crunch to it. Ithaca is a charming town, and there is a small ski mountain close by, where some members of our group are taking advantage […]
Heard on Main Street: If you can’t be kind, at least have the decency to be vague. Some of us are slow learners. Feb. 22 will always be Washington’s Birthday to me. I love knowing that Dr. James Richardson III and Richard Burt have published a fascinating new book with the Martha’s Vineyard Museum called […]
David Butler Vietor, died peacefully at home in Edgartown, on February 8, after a three-year battle with pancreatic cancer. Born in New Haven, Conn. on January, 1,1942, to Anna Glen Butler Vietor and Alexander Orr Vietor, he grew up in New Haven and attended the Foote School. Each summer the Vietor family would relocate to […]