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I have long been enamored of the small, circular Oak Bluffs Harbor that summer folks flock to in droves. The numerous million-dollar yachts tied up to the slips along the concrete wharf are always fun to see. Inside the harbor, nearly every mooring bulges with boats rafted three to four deep. It is the latter […]

Sarah Goodale Shepard, 87, of Vineyard Haven, died on Jan. 16, 2023, following a brief illness. Sarah had a true gift for getting to know people, and their stories and interests. Her greatest pleasure was meeting with old friends and making new ones, and introducing them to each other, relating their commonalities and creating connections. […]

On a recent sweltering Saturday, my cousin Anne and I set out in our kayaks across the waters of the Lagoon. I was in a 30-plus-year-old approximately 17-foot Aquaterra sea kayak — a heavy beast of an ocean-going boat with a rudder and pointed ends. My cousin was in a much shorter LL Bean aptly […]