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August 13: Illumination, Fireworks, Fair – Oh My!

Planning for the Big Week: The Fair, The Fireworks, and Grand Illumination, Starting August 15

August 9, 2018

In the third week of August the Island goes off the rails in the best possible way! Illumination Night, The West Tisbury Agricultural Fair and the Oak Bluffs Fireworks immerse the Island in a nearly week-long, back to back, explosion of summer entertainment. Whether, like many, you’ve planned your vacation around this week or whether […]

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August 9: Book It

August 9, 2018

We’d like to hit the pause button on summer. Thing is, we haven’t finished our summer reading. Truthfully, we haven’t started it. We’re dreaming of spending the day, the week, maybe the rest of the month like the two friends on the beach in the photograph above. It’s not that we don’t have a stack […]

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What’s Free This Summer on Martha’s Vineyard

August 7, 2018

One of the biggest misconceptions about Martha’s Vineyard is that it takes a bundle to enjoy the Island. Not so, we say! Don’t let a light pocket keep you from coming over to the Vineyard for a visit. Besides the easily accessible sandy beaches lapped by crystalline clear water, the summer offers a serious selection […]

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August 6: Heating Up

August 6, 2018

Don’t know about you, but we are loving these sunny summer temperatures! Mirroring the weather, music, happy mayhem and comedy heat up the entertainment scene on Martha’s Vineyard.  If it’s gets too hot for you, head out to the Lambert’s Cove Inn where the Inn’s Poolside Concert Series rocks on as the sun goes down […]

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Shopping Around the Island: MVOL’s Guide to Farm Stands

August 3, 2018

With an agricultural fair that’s 157 years old, a farmers’ market operating continuously for almost 45 years, a rich history of sheep farming — and more than three dozen farms currently growing food here on the Island — the Vineyard is an agricultural jewel. If you’re interested in good food, sustainability, conservation, and supporting local […]

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August 2 – On Your Mark

August 2, 2018

Sleeping is overrated. And, honestly, who needs down time? Well, we hope you’re rested, because here comes August on the Vineyard. You might just want to wear your sneakers to bed so you can get up and start moving the minute day breaks. A short nap will be permissible, though; if only for the fact […]

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Making Summer Memories in the Oak Bluffs Camp Ground: A Photo Tour

August 1, 2018

The Martha’s Vineyard Camp Ground began when summer visitors gathered for Methodist revivals and pitched their tents in a semi-circle within Trinity Park. The tents graduated to wooden houses and many of these intricately detailed cottages have been passed down from generation to generation. Children still ride bikes through the narrow streets and couples meander hand in hand […]

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