Health & Fitness
Island Style
Battle of the boots
There’s an old saying that rings particularly true for working folks on Martha’s Vineyard — “you can tell a lot about a person by...
What Islanders wear to work
When some people think style on Martha’s Vineyard, it’s all salmon-colored shorts with tiny smiling whales. Pastel-pink dresses with teal embroidered flowers. Vineyard Vines,...
Masks by Julie
When a construction ban was announced in early April, carpenter Julie Verost’s workload was put on hold and the naturally creative Verost found herself...
Domestic Disturbances
Domestic Disturbances: I just can’t do it
Last summer everybody and their brother worked diligently on how to plant, harvest, and preserve their own vegetables because we thought the end of...
Handyman? Wait, what?
Something strange happened to me after March 13, 2020. I went through this transformation from scared to get within earshot of a circular saw...
Domestic Disturbances: Me and my garden
Everyone knows about the early panic buying at the beginning of COVID-19: the toilet paper, the yeast, the flour, the butter, but I just...
So Local
Boys and Girls Club director transitions to high school
Dhakir Warren, who has served as Executive Director of the Martha's Vineyard Boys & Girls Club since June 2021, will be leaving his post...
A protest over an International musician’s stance on Israel
Monday evening marked the second annual Jewish Culture Festival in West Tisbury, an event organized through Vineyard Chabad to bring the Vineyard’s Jewish community...
Real Estate Transactions: July 8 – 19, 2024
Chilmark
July 17, Douglas S. Goldsmith and Karen M. Pickus sold 67 Bijahs Way to Karen M. Pickus for $10.
Edgartown
July 8, Robert J. Walter sold...
Poet’s Corner: Island Roads
Island Roads
By Jeffrey Agnoli
Beamers, rovers
beaters, dreamers
twenty-first century
machines roam the roads
across this piece of radiance
amidst the Atlantic.
Paths once traversed
by much earlier humans
nobler and saner
walking in...
Environmental impact released on turbine blade fracture
Consultants analyzing the environmental impact of the broken Vineyard Wind turbine blade have reported that the debris from the damage is not toxic and...
Design Q + A: Making a great room in Harthaven
The project: A family wanted a renovation of a Harthaven home that would include creating one large gathering space from several smaller rooms. The...
Design Q+A: How can we prepare our lawns for the winter?
What are the best ways to prepare our lawns for the winter?
You really should aerate your lawn every year and the fall is the...
Design Q+A: Natural swimming pools
Daniel Whiting, owner and operator of Next Generation Natural Pools
Native Islander Whiting shared three recent natural swimming pool projects, as well as facts about...
