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There is no purer pleasure for anglers on Martha’s Vineyard than the tug on the line of the first striped bass of the season. The fish needn’t be large, and likely isn’t. But that first hit in early May or June renews a seasonal relationship that is as old as the Island itself.
Aquinnah voters closed out the Island political season with a bang Tuesday night, packing the old town hall for their annual town meeting and joining five other Island towns in handing resounding approval to the Martha’s Vineyard Housing Bank.
The $4 million reconstruction project at Memorial Wharf in Edgartown is nearly halfway finished and on track for completion by spring. The project will raise the wharf about a foot and a half and rebuild its crumbling infrastructure.
Tuesday nights concert at the performing arts center was a big night for student musicians. and for the band ensemble’s director, Ray Fallon, who joined the school’s music faculty this fall.
— Ray Ewing If you’ve been traveling the up-Island farm stand circuit, I’m sure you’ve noticed – and hopefully tasted – those beautiful and delicious vegetables at the Beetlebung Farm farm stand on Middle Road. Or maybe you’ve seen the eye-popping Mokum carrots, that stunning Reine des Glaces (“Ice Queen”) lettuce or the unusual white Itachi cucumbers at the farmers’ market. Either way, it’s likely you may have wondered who (and what) might be the secret to growing these exceptional vegetables. The "who" are Kate Woods and Nick Doherty, the new co-manage...