Nelia Decker moved to the Vineyard in her early 20s to run Book Den East in Oak Bluffs.
Jeanna Shepard
Title: Oh, the Stories She Has Read Aloud
Scarlet tanager.
Lanny McDowell
Title: Southbound Songbirds
Timothy Johnson
Title: Summer's End
Sharp spines keep predators away.
Susan Straight
Title: Spidey Sense
Mark Alan Lovewell
Title: Moon, Jupiter and Saturn
First home football game is Saturday, Sept. 7 at 6 p.m. against Seekonk.
Mark Alan Lovewell
Title: Vineyarders Set for First Fall Season as Members of New League
Dr. Ruth Westheimer is still funny, still telling the sexual truth and still going strong at age 91.
Mark Alan Lovewell
Title: To Get the Sexual Truth Ask Dr. Ruth
Wheels on the bus head to schools around the Island on Tuesday morning.
Mark Alan Lovewell
Title: Backpacks and Books Beckon as Back to School Begins
Debbie and Jim Athearn celebrated their 50th wedding anniversary Sunday at the Chilmark Community Center.
Jeanna Shepard
Title: Celebrating Deep Roots at Fiftieth Wedding Anniversary
Coach Herman gets his team ready for the 2019 season at a practice during Hell Week. The season begins with a home game on Friday, Sept. 6, against Seekonk.
Mark Alan Lovewell
Title: Vineyard Bookshelf: Purple Pride
Car owners and car lovers strolled through the automobile eras at the Tisbury Car Show.
Mark Alan Lovewell
Title: Revving it Up for Firefighters at the Tisbury Car Show
Rum Dog went aground in the channel at the Little Bridge in Oak Bluffs during strong northeast winds Sunday.
Mark Alan Lovewell
Title: Town Secures Sailboat That Broke Loose
Carlo D'Antonio creates and sells furniture out of his home in West Tisbury.
Maria Thibodeau
Title: For This Furniture Maker, It's Always Been One Board at a Time
Winter service will be drastically reduced, especially up-Island.
Mark Lovewell
Title: VTA Slashes Winter Bus Service
West Tisbury lunch lady Jenny DeVivo, with Nisa Webster and Noah Carroll, participated in the Great Food Truck Race.
Maria Thibodeau
Title: Lunch Ladies Unite for Food Truck Race
Doug McConnell and his family after the swim. Although the course wasn't completed, the swim raised over $80,000 for ALS research.
Jeanna Shepard
Title: Riptides and Jellyfish Stop Nantucket to Vineyard Swim Just Shy of Shore
Son Volt plays Union Chapel in Oak Bluffs on Saturday, August 31 at 8 p.m.
David McClister
Title: For Son Volt, a Creative Stew Is Key to Originality
Richard Paradise jumps off the Jaws Bridge for the first time to celebrate the Film Society's 20th anniversary.
Jeanna Shepard
Title: Cinema Paradise: Film Society Turns 20
Flowerpot mushrooms share space with a potted jade.
Title: Pop-up Parasols
Timothy Johnson
Title: Seasonal Satisfaction
Prairie warbler in flight.
Lanny McDowell
Title: Window Warnings
Title: On Chappy
Purple People Eaters wore purple tutus to keep the play fashion-forward.
Maria Thibodeau
Title: All Together for Some Field Fund Fun
Title: Crescent Moon