Vineyard Haven Harbor Cultural District (VHHCD) is far more than the sum of its parts. Founded in 2014, it is one of the biggest cultural districts in Massachusetts, and the only one with a harbor, which includes two classic wooden shipbuilders and a working waterfront. However, the district expands beyond the Vineyard Haven shore to […]
Volunteer Opportunities Looking for a way to do good on the Martha’s Vineyard? There are many Island organizations looking for volunteer help: Adult and Community Education of Martha’s Vineyard (ACE MV) acemv.org 508-693-9222 info@acemv.org Animal Shelter of Martha’s Vineyard animalshelterofmv.org 508-627-8662 ldawley@animalshelterofmv.org African American Heritage Trail of Martha’s Vineyard mvafricanamericanheritagetrail.org 508-693-4361 American Legion Post 257, […]
As a child on Cape Cod, I marked the passing of the seasons by the activity in the cranberry bogs throughout the landscape. These were big, commercial operations that had helicopters to come in to pick up their crops. We skated on the bogs in the winter, and walked around them in the spring and […]
Thanksgiving may be behind us, but organic, Island-grown cranberries abound year-round on our shelves and in our local goodies, thanks to the Cranberry Bog Restoration Project a Vineyard Open Land Foundation undertaking. VOLF, as it is referred to, is a tax-exempt conservation land-use planning organization founded in 1970 to preserve the rural character and […]
Douglas West, a year-round resident of Martha’s Vineyard since 2017, born Sept. 24, 1945, in Bellaire, Ohio, died peacefully, surrounded by his family, on Dec. 16, 2022, in Falmouth, Mass. He was 77. He first came to the Island in 1954 at the invitation of Phil and Anita Buddington, whom his mother met at her […]