Amanda H. Cronin
Legislators seek to protect Sea Grant
Heard recent chatter of an uptick in local shark activity? Curious why your fishing lines haven’t been twitching recently? When something peculiar happens in...
Task force focuses on climate change
The Martha’s Vineyard Commission climate action task force met Friday morning, and was still smoothing out its mission and what differentiates the group from...
World champion Island gymnast
Lila Gimbel, 15, can fly.
No, really, she flies so high that earlier this month at the U.S. Association of Independent Gymnastics Clubs (USAIGC) 2019...
Use protection … from phone waves
In September 2013, Christy Phillips had a premonition.
One morning, she awoke from a dream that would change the course of her career and catapult...
Boat for sail
Every week, unique and sometimes quirky items are submitted for sale to The Times classifieds section. This week, however, a possession of special significance...
Shedding light on the border crisis
On Friday evening, Indivisible Martha’s Vineyard, in partnership with the national organization Lights for Liberty, will host a vigil to “End Human Concentration Camps.”...
Special diet? No problem.
Martha’s Vineyard is well known for its fresh seafood, free-range livestock, and the abundant turkeys in the crosswalks. However, with many summer and year-round...
‘This Fourth of July is yours, not mine’
The sky over Oak Bluffs on Thursday afternoon was an appropriately patriotic show — striped with white clouds. On this Fourth of July, there...
Field Fund recognized by TURI
On Thursday, June 13, the Field Fund of Martha’s Vineyard received the Champion of Toxics Use Reduction award for efforts to preserve the grass...
Celebration of expression
June, the month in which we celebrate the LGBTQ community, brings some fun additions to the Vineyard: rainbow flags outside storefronts and places of...
Summer visitors, some are working
Every summer, the Vineyard’s population grows tenfold, from 17,000 to as much as 200,000 at its peak. With the influx of beachcombers, bar revelers,...
Living the dream
Orange Peel Bakery’s weekly Pizza Night relies on one condition: Everyone must B.Y.O.T., bring your own toppings!
Our dinner experience at the bakery began about...
Hot strings
If you came here looking for traditional string melodies, keep looking. The Black Violin duo turns the violin on its head (sometimes literally) and...
‘We saved the school in our hearts, didn’t we?’
The front entrance to the Edgartown Public Library was full of onlookers last Sunday afternoon — alumni, students, and teachers — craning their necks...
Oh buoy, what a journey
To Valerie Sonnenthal and her two Cavalier King Charles spaniels, Zero and Gracie, the object lodged in rocks between Stonewall and Squibnocket Beach at...
Curiosity and cooperation showcased
The hallways of Martha’s Vineyard Public Charter School were a colorful ruckus on Thursday as young students, parents, and faculty hopped from classroom to...
Cufflinks and champagne clinks
The Taste of the Vineyard is what happens if you crossed a smorgasboard with an Island equivalent of the Met Gala. At this annual...
Stop and smell the roses and admire the art
We often think of pairing a fine wine with a certain dish as a way to enhance the interplay of flavor and texture. This...
On the brink, bright minds lauded
Every year, the cumulative scholarship amount awarded to graduating students of Martha’s Vineyard Regional High School (MVRHS) outdoes the previous year. Friday night, students...
Sweet tidbit melts away
You may have heard some murmurs about a certain beloved Island chocolate shop changing its December closure plans to remain open in another form....