Charles Sennott
Planets align for autumn, stars rise at The Times
Summer slipped away on Sunday morning at exactly 8:43 am amid a light rain and cool temperatures, as the gray skies shifted to the...
On a perfect morning, a time to remember
The intense clarity of the morning sky here on the Island yesterday reminded me of that moment in American history that changed everything on...
1968 Redux: Islanders at the Chicago convention reflect on then and now, Part 2
Across the Island from Katama’s South Beach to the cliffs of Aquinnah, the flickering blue glow of television can be seen through the windows...
1968 Redux: Islanders at the Chicago convention reflect on then and now
It is safe to say that many people here on the Island will be riveted next week, with the Democratic National Convention in Chicago...
HarborWorks and sailing into the future
The view from the publisher’s office of The Martha’s Vineyard Times looks out over the weathered, gray-shingled boatyard of the world-renowned Gannon & Benjamin...
‘A Timely Issue’
The front page of the newspaper has yellowed into a sepia tone in the frame that hangs in my office overlooking Vineyard Haven Harbor,...
A moment of awe; a time for transformation
The moon moved slowly between the sun and earth, obscuring the light of the sun. The sky dimmed, and the temperature dropped. A strange...
The ‘first rough draft’ covering Island schools
In the bright, unforgiving light of the Martha’s Vineyard Regional High School cafeteria, a cluster of a dozen parents — all immigrants from Brazil...
A step across a cultural divide
From the street, you could hear the muffled beat of Brazilian house music up in The Loft on Oak Bluffs Avenue.
It was my first...
A sign of the times?
First came the high winds. They blew hard against the “MV Times” sign above the entry to our newsroom, leaving it hanging by one...
Finding Leo
Finding Leo, a small Bali terrier mix who went missing for two weeks through frigid cold and the rising peril of coyotes, was an...