Valerie Sonnenthal

Doors are opening, windows being dressed, ice cream machines cleaned and ready for soft-serv, fish cooking wafts through the air without another soul in...

OK, Sun, where art thou? Hiding most days, it seems, but I'd rather have spring showers than too much winter snow. Congratulations to Larsen's...

Marie-Louise Rouff, now almost 90, moved to the Vineyard with her husband Paul Levine a decade ago from California. It wasn't so easy finding...

Last rainy Sunday afternoon I walked with my son at Lucy Vincent Beach, and ran into two couples, one originally from Macedonia and visiting...

Chilmark is the second town in the U.S., after our neighbor West Tisbury, to adopt a ban on the sale of single-use plastic bottles....

Chh-changes, ’cause it's April. Turns out this was the last week for the Food Truck in Menemsha, next week is the last week for...

The weekend was wonderful, from Saturday surfers, screeching pinkletinks, a riot of daffodils to the Island Community Chorus offering the world premiere of “In...

Congratulations to Chilmark resident illustrator Elissa Turnbull, whose artwork was chosen for the 158th M.V. Ag Fair poster. I can't wait for the Grey...

Thank you to all the folks and volunteers at MVFF for another great film festival, a place to eat out and hang out in...

I decided for the first time in years not to bring a computer with me when I went to Brazil for an eight-day Kaiut...

It was still winter when I visited green-living visionary and author Anna Edey in her new home in Vineyard Haven. After nearly 40 years...

After snow and gray days, it's nice to know daylight saving time has arrived. Don't forget to set your clocks ahead one hour for...

You may have noticed from one of my February Chilmark town columns that I ran into Margot Datz during her most recent installation of...

Since writing last week's column, I have a brief update from Mike Scott (across the big pond): “The Fayre is gaining momentum. We will...

I lived in Edgartown for six years beginning in 2006, and met Nis (yes Nis, not Nils) Kildegaard at our library. Since 2012 I...

It's less than six months until the 400th anniversary of Chilmark, England. Some of you may recall we were visited by Mike and Jo...

Valentine's Day already! Yes, and the bad news I overheard from a friend at Cronig's has now spread Island-wide: Chilmark Chocolates will close at...

By now most people have learned that the Menemsha Market will not be open this summer, and may already be mourning the loss this...

While enjoying the rugs at the 2018 Ag Fair, finding one made by Chilmark resident Sandy Broyard was a complete surprise. Broyard is better...

Do you ever count all the animals you see on/from your dirt road? In one day I saw a pair of red-tailed hawks sitting...