There is something comforting in the connection between old-fashioned, farm-grown accomplishments, community pride and simple pleasures.
In a spectacle described as incredible, amazing and historic, hundreds of Islanders turned out to hammer boards, paint window sills and raise the Martha's Vineyard Agricultural Society's new barn in a three-day event that was a festival of community spirit.
After eighty-four consecutive years of existence the Dukes County Agricultural fair will be discontinued, for this year at least.
The Martha’s Vineyard Agricultural Society have purchased some three acres of land in West Tisbury, of Mrs. Hannah Look, and the Society will shortly erect a building thereon.
Allow us to call the attention of your readers to a proposition, emanating from many of our farmers, to join in an effort to form a County Agricultural Society.
Island Takes Action on Climate
Islanders headed to the Climate Fair on Sunday at the Agricultural Hall to learn about environmental issues and take action.
