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Workshop focuses on both business and craft of writing

The workshop will be led by authors John Hough Jr. and Matthew Frederick, and literary agent Sorche Fairbank.

Shark Tourney the result of poor leadership in town

Truly an act of poor leadership continues as Oak Bluffs performs again in its three-ring circus.

Then and now in swordfish

Thirty years ago this coming Saturday, August 3, Whit Manter and I, with guests Paul Moyer and Vern Laux, aboard the 26-foot Super Sea Saw, landed one thousand five hundred and seventy-six pounds of harpooned swordfish at Menemsha.

‘The Vineyard’ – a ‘washashore’s’ perspective

My wife's family has been coming the Vineyard for 16-plus years.

Insulting TV detritus

After slogging through about half of the Black Dog "infomercial" known as ABC's The Vineyarders, I must say this is the one of the worst pieces of entertainment I've ever seen on television (or anywhere else).

He wants, no, he doesn’t want, an iPhone vacation

Each summer, my family journeys to Martha's Vineyard from our middle class New Jersey suburb for our annual vacation.

Poets Corner: The Colors of Summer

Striped or patterned cushions.

Romance, action, political intrigue, and swordfights in “Henry 4”

"It's kind of 'The Matrix,' 'The Hangover,' and 'The West Wing' on one ten thousandth of the budget," said director Scott Barrow.

Indictment of a summer visitor

Obviously, the president's one hundred million dollar taxpayer funded jaunt to Africa did not suffice, so he is returning to the Island yet again, after strangely eschewing it last year.

Striper rules skewed to fishing interests

An article about the opening of the commercial striper season did not tell the complete story.

Thanks for your continued support

Friends of the Tisbury Council on Aging (T.

Such a marvelous place

Thanks to the Edgartown Parks and Recreation Department for supplying that marvelous big-wheeled wheelchair that allowed us to push our 95-year-old friend, Mary Attianese, down to the water at Bend in the Road Beach.

A chance for a shark tourney change

This is a copy of a letter sent to the Oak Bluffs selectmen.

Tarnished memories

Imagine our shock on Saturday, after a lovely family stroll through the gingerbread houses, when we came upon the shark tournament.

Disrespectful treatment

In regards to South Beach should not be a mess, a letter written by Ellen T.

Shame on the litterers

My husband and I walk the waterfront in Oak Bluffs every day.