Amelia Smith
Activity, fun sprout out at Polly Hill Arboretum
Hundreds of flowering trees and shrubs are in bloom this week at Polly Hill Arboretum.
Chilmark PTO hosts clothing swap at West Tisbury School
The Chilmark School PTO's semi-annual kid's clothing swap was held this past Saturday in front of the West Tisbury School.
What does the Martha’s Vineyard Agricultural Society do?
The Martha's Vineyard Agricultural Society was founded in 1859 with a mission to promote the pursuit of agriculture and improve the quality and quantity of livestock and produce on the Vineyard.
Chilmark gardener jump-starts her beds with cardboard
Sometimes the simplest approach gets the best results. Such is the case with Rebecca Gilbert's approach to making a garden bed.
High school science fair competition is about learning and doing
Saturday's science fair buzzed with the energy of more than 200 high school students, 30 judges, a dozen volunteers, science teachers and onlookers.
WesTiz School coffeehouse highlights student musicians
A concept introduced by Jeremy Berlin three years ago gives young West Tisbury musicians experience, confidence, and an audience.
Exploring the brickyard in Chilmark
The brickyard chimney stands out against the winter-gray wooded hills of Chilmark's north shore. It is a lone, crumbling reminder of a far different time.
From West Tisbury to Africa “” helping children, artists
At home in West Tisbury and on annual trips to Africa, Marsha Winsryg is dedicated to supporting
artists and orphans in Africa.
West Tisbury students learn, then teach
Three sixth-graders at West Tisbury School traveled to Baltimore late last month to present a technological learning tool they had mastered.
Our Fair ladies
In early August, the fairgrounds around the Agricultural Hall were still quiet but preparations were well under way for today's opening of the Agricultural Fair.
Friday antiques shows on Martha’s Vineyard
In 1997, Ron Gamba was the foreman for renovations at the Grange Hall in West Tisbury.
What It Takes: Show Time
The process of creating and exhibiting art is different for every artist.
The Artisans Festival’s creative community
For the past 14 years, from 10 am to 2 pm on any Thursday and Sunday morning from June through October, scores of artists and artisans meet, greet, and with hardly an extra motion, set up tents around the Grange Hall in West Tisbury, or assemble their booths inside underneath the beams and ceiling fans.
Creative accidents in handblown glass
At Martha's Vineyard Glassworks, glassblowers work in full view of visitors.
Celebrating Chief Toomey
On Saturday night, about 200 community members, friends, and colleagues gathered at the Agricultural Hall to thank Beth Toomey for her work as the police chief of West Tisbury and to celebrate her retirement from police work.
Earth Day
This past Saturday morning, more than a hundred volunteers set out into the chilly, misty rain to help clean up the island's beaches.
Broilers grown here
Last month, Curves, located at the Woodland Center in Vineyard Haven, collected non-perishable items and money for the Island Food Pantry.