If it weren’t for a rag-tag crew of Islanders, Jaws may never have made it to the big screen.

“It can be a huge, life-changing ordeal,” said Patrick Roden-Reynolds, the Island’s tick biologist and head of the Martha’s Vineyard Tick-Borne Illness Reduction Initiative (a.k.a. the MV Tick Program ...

No matter what you’re celebrating this weekend – or any weekend this summer – a show-stopping and delicious fruit tart is just what you need to feel festive. Plump, juicy berries piled high on a rich, ...

For more than a decade I’ve been a part of the Best of the Vineyard contest, which Martha’s Vineyard Magazine has produced since 2001. I’ve sent congratulation emails to finalists, written the blurbs, ...

Best of the Vineyard 2024. More than 2,400 voters cast almost 65,000 ballots in 97 categories for the Best of the Vineyard 2024 contest. So, without further ado, we give you...everything you need to ...

According to the ancient Greeks, there were at least six kinds of love: philia, or deep friendship; ludus, or playful love; agape, love for everyone; pragma, long-standing love; philautia, love of ...

T hirty years ago, the ferry Islander carried me to the Vineyard on my first visit, and on that crossing we met the Naushon, steaming toward Woods Hole. Both boats are gone now, of course, as are two ...

Contrary to the universal mythology of conquest, people don’t “disappear” when they lose their land. Nonetheless, nearly four hundred years after the permanent arrival of Europeans in New England, ...

O n a glorious late summer’s afternoon, the Gay Head Cliffs glow with color on one side; the sea gently laps at the warm sand on the other. Ah, nature! But on the strip of sand between cliff and sea ...

I have to admit, I created this recipe for one of my very favorite pans — a round, two-handled, enameled cast-iron Le Creuset skillet. Technically, it is a 2.25-quart “braiser” (comes with a lid) and ...

Aquinnah, at the southwestern end of Martha’s Vineyard, is deservedly famous for its red and white clay, the raw material that paints the Gay Head Cliffs in such spectacular colors that they’re a must ...