Highlights of 2009
Isaac Taylor led the way during one of the Martha's Vineyard Film Festival's Cinema Circus, weekly family events held throughout the summer in Chilmark. Photo by Lynn Christoffers
A year after a fire gutted Bunch of Grapes, new owner Dawn Braasch presided at a ribbon-cutting ceremony at the reopening of the remodeled bookstore in Vineyard Haven.
As always, the annual Agricultural Fair in August featured animals, rides, blue-ribbon displays, and memories of an old-fashioned country fair. Photo by Ralph Stewart
Photo by Ralph Stewart
The Chili Fest in January drew a huge, hungry crowd, from off Island and on, to the PA Club in Oak Bluffs. Photo by Danielle Zerbonne
Illumination Night in Oak Bluffs was a highlight of another Vineyard summer. Photo by M.C. Wallo
President Obama greeted well-wishers along the Oak Bluffs harborfront. Photo by Steve Myrick
Gallery strolls in Oak Bluffs and Edgartown made gallery hopping festive. Photo by Ralph Stewart
The annual Fourth Grade Theater Project is a collaboration between the Vineyard Playhouse and Island schools. From left are Oak Bluffs School students Kiric Hallahan, Kathleen Alves, instructor Christopher Kann, Jake Baird, Molly deBettencourt, and Kanika Datta. Photo by Susan Safford
The YMCA of M.V. took shape quickly on its way to a spring 2010 opening. Photo by Lynn Christoffers
The new Martha's Vineyard Hospital moved steadily and speedily toward a midwinter 2010 opening. Photo by Tim Johnson
Photo by Susan Safford
