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    The Inkwell: Wading into its history

    I could feel the sun on my skin as my feet sank into the warm sand. I trailed along behind my mother, looking up...

    Echoes of excellence

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    When we think of the Harlem Renaissance, names like Langston Hughes, Countee Cullen, and Zora Neale Hurston usually spring to mind first. But there's...

    Remembering the Island’s past

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    The African American Heritage Trail on the Island celebrated its 25th anniversary last year, and each year extends the trail adding more stops that...

    On the wild side

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    Among the most common wildlife questions that I get these days runs about like this: “I’m hardly seeing any butterflies. Are their numbers down?” It’s...

    In the chair

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    “Penny Lane, there is a barber showing photographs of every head he's had the pleasure to know, and all the people that come and...

    Wild Side: The blue jay

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    For various reasons, I’ve stuck pretty close to home this winter, doing most of my naturalizing in or near our tiny yard in Oak...

    This Was Then: The Holmes Hole skyline

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    Behold Vineyard Haven — or as many of the locals still called it, Holmes Hole — as it appeared in the late 1870s. This...

    Join the club

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    The Portuguese American Club in Oak Bluffs has more and more become a place to gather, hang out, shoot pool, listen to music, grab...

    Checkmate

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    Down at the blue picnic tables in front of Bobby B’s in Vineyard Haven, a showdown of wits and sheer skill begins. Despite the chilly...

    Ask an Island Expert: Are those actual wild turkeys walking around?

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    Well, yes and no. They are turkeys, certainly: Meleagris gallopavo to ornithologists. But they’re better thought of as feral than as truly wild. Truly...