Blind Brian and Calamity Carl are two hard-luck bull calves.

Over the weekend the 114-year-old, double ended, double-gaff ketch Violet returned to her devoted Island owners after 11 years in other harbors under others’ care.

I can’t say that I knew Dr. Michael Jacobs, who died at the tail end of this summer, well at all.

The Massachusetts Division of Fisheries & Wildlife (DFW) relies on hunters to reduce the growing Martha’s Vineyard deer herd. Islanders broadly have a stake in the hunters’ success.

For your sleek schooners / the sweep of your sweet beach / the slant of your dock house / the gambrel of your restaurant / where all the mates / would come to gab / and mug up by that / big wide hearth.