Hottest Fair in History Wins Cheers from Public

Sweltering Weather Drops Attendance to 25,000 Visitors

By ALEXIS TONTI

Two days after the close of the Martha's Vineyard Agricultural Society Livestock Show and Fair, the blue reentry stamp still won't quite wash off. The ink's durability through sweat and swim and shower is pretty amazing - and a bit frustrating - but ultimately a good thing. Most everyone left and returned, and that stamp was their ticket back in.

The activity filling the roadways in West Tisbury yesterday morning could only mean one thing: The 141st annual Martha's Vineyard Agricultural Soci

The ferris wheel's been planted, the entry forms returned, the dogs bathed, allowances saved, curfews set.

There are moments that can only be captured at an agricultural fair — children toting balls of cotton candy larger than their heads, piglets restin

Even the sun decided to make an appearance yesterday morning for the opening of the 140th Martha’s Vineyard Agricultural Society Livestock Show and

An excited, yet not quite frantic, bustle around West Tisbury's Agricultural Hall suggests that it's that time again.