The year-round gateway to the Island, Tisbury’s working waterfront is where the Steamship Authority’s main terminal resides in the village of Vineyard Haven.

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Heat, flooding, and mayhem

Fourth of July’s celebrations came with high temperatures and heavy rains. 

The holiday weekend’s commemoration of the 250th anniversary of the U.S. Declaration of Independence brought packed parades, booming firework displays, and an unrelenting heat wave.  Days of soaring temperatures, which…

Tisbury Board of Health bans kratom

The Tisbury Board of Health unanimously voted to adopt a regulation banning the local manufacturing, sale, and distribution of kratom during a public hearing on Tuesday. Tisbury follows in the footsteps of Edgartown, which banned kratom sales June 9.  Previously available for sale in Tisbury, kratom products are made with ingredients from a tropical Southeast…

Across an inner universe 

A partnership of creative filmmaking with Julie Taymor and Elliot Goldenthal.

When Julie Taymor was asked to direct the film “Across the Universe” two decades ago, she looked at the script, and knew she wanted to create a movie that was larger than a love story. Now the culmination of that initial vision is scheduled to be shown on the Island, along with two other films.…

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