Heading home after a winter down south, I was craving the Vineyard — its weather (can’t get enough), family, community, the farm across the street starting to bloom.

I am calling you, America, I am your citizen. I am trying to find you. Does your amber still wave And your sea still shine?

A poem heralds the arrival of the Polynesian sailing vessel.

Luke Gurney was a master of pursuit, his energy high and constant. His life was brimming with community and friends, but his family was his core.

Olivia Jacobs is the salutatorian for the MVRHS class of 2016. The following is the speech she gave at the graduation ceremony.

We were walking down Main street in Vineyard Haven, her mother and I, just where the stores start, where the sidewalk is still a little downhill.