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History & Tradition

A kid and his bucket

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There was no Tik Tok back in those days. We had clams and blueberries to keep us busy. We were summer people, our family...
Fishing

Johnny Hoy and the codfish

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Most people on the Island know Johnny Hoy as the frontman for the blues band Johnny Hoy and the Bluefish. What some may not...
History & Tradition

All in the family

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It was April 27, and I was meeting Richie Giordano, one of the owners of Giordano’s restaurant in Oak Bluffs, and it was the...
Fishing

The Georges Bank Airforce

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“One night Butchie Lawry called me and asked me to go over to the Trade Wind airport in Oak Bluffs and change the lightbulb...
History & Tradition

The State Road shuffle

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State Road Restaurant in North Tisbury has become a beacon for fine dining on the Island over the past five years, but didn’t just...
History & Tradition

See you at the Rigger

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For many Islanders and seasonal visitors alike, the Square Rigger restaurant at the Triangle in Edgartown is as much of an Island institution as...
History & Tradition

The Black Dog turns 50

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It all began with a cannon. A nine-inch muzzle-loading Dahlgren cannon that weighed nearly 10,000 pounds, to be precise. Captain Bob Douglas, founder of...
History & Tradition

Let’s raise a glass to Prohibition

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On a foggy evening on April 23, 1927, the fishing schooner Etta M. Burns was sailing back to New Bedford when the helmsman fell...
History & Tradition

Pies, cakes, art, and Richard Lee

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A smile traces the lips of Toni Cohen as she thinks back on a certain Halloween in 1977. “There were about a dozen people in...
Fishing

Flounder, fluke, and flying by the seat of your pants

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Bob Mone, owner of Mone Insurance, has a well-appointed office overlooking Vineyard Haven harbor. It’s decorated with a nautical motif; there’s a 5-foot admiralty...
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