History
Only Aquinnah and Chilmark still count ballots by hand, using wooden boxes that have stood the test of time. But similar boxes lie hidden in offices and odd corners around the Island.
There had been many misgivings about women voting and about women in office, but Mrs. Beetle by sheer ability showed how silly they were.
Funi Burdick, who heads a national landmark Shaker village in New Hampshire, will take the helm at the Martha’s Vineyard Preservation Trust.
David Lowenthal, a former Chilmark seasonal visitor, has been awarded the 2016 British Academy Medal.
The history of salvage operations around the Vineyard goes back to well-nigh the beginning of the Island’s history.
The Martha’s Vineyard Museum’s newest exhibit, Sandy Fisher’s Edgartown, opens Friday, Oct. 21.