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From Capitol Hill to Oak Bluffs Pulpits; Finding a Way Out of No Way

Noah Asimow | Tuesday, August 10 2021 - 4:10pm

On Saturday night at 10 p.m., Sen. Raphael Warnock was on Capitol Hill, fighting to pass a bipartisan infrastructure bill. On Sunday morning Reverend Warnock was preaching on Martha’s Vineyard.

Raphael Warnock

Union Chapel

Tabernacle

West Tisbury Congregational Church

Museum Opens Summer with Edgartown Party

Noah Asimow Noah Asimow

Last Friday the Martha’s Vineyard Museum celebrated the beginning of the summer season at the corner of Cooke and School streets.

Carnegie Reopens as Living Landmark

Steve Myrick

In a ceremony well attended by donors, volunteers and curious Islanders, the Vineyard Trust dedicated and opened the Carnegie Saturday morning.

Vineyard Trust Presents The Carnegie, a Must-See Museum

Steve Myrick

The Carnegie, the newly rebranded name for the old Carnegie Library on North Water street in Edgartown, is set for a grand reopening next month.

Revisiting the Vineyard's Distant Past at Tower Hill

Steve Myrick

Edgartown cemetery commissioner Elizabeth Villard led a three-year gravestone restoration effort.

Grace Church Honored as African American Heritage Trail Site

Holly Pretsky

On Sunday Grace Church became the 28th site on the African American Heritage Trail.

Aquinnah Officially Turns 20, But Gay Head Name Endures

Landry Harlan

Just over 20 years ago this week, the Island’s smallest town voted to rebrand itself from Gay Head to Aquinnah, the area’s original Native American name.