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Half a century ago, a rookie director named Stephen Spielberg released the original summer blockbuster: “Jaws." Reporting for ...
Ceremonies across Cape Cod and the Islands will celebrate Juneteenth, the June 19 national holiday that marks the end of slavery in the United States.
The tavern at the Dan'l Webster Inn has reopened, a year after a damaging fire. Plus, Murdick's made red-streaked fudge for ...
Many likely remember the tragic sinking of the fishing boat in the 1975 classic blockbuster “Jaws.” And although the original vessel was destroyed by a 25-foot shark, a striking replica returned to ...
This extravagant Georgia neighborhood is lined with stately homes that exude a historic charm and welcome admiration with ...
The “Blooming Art” exhibit, this year’s annual event from the Martha’ Garden Club, will be held from June 14 to 16 at the club’s historic summer home, the Old Mill in West Tisbury. Founded in 1924, ...
From Boston to Provincetown, WBUR film critic Erin Trahan highlights the many places to enjoy documentaries, indie films, and local shorts this season.
A 79-year-old Altgeld Gardens commercial building that has spent years in disrepair despite being designed by noted Chicago architects Keck & Keck could soon begin a new life housing after-school ...
In 2020, Barack and Michelle Obama acquired a 28-acre waterfront estate on Martha's Vineyard for $11.75 million, marking a significant purchase for the family who frequently vacationed there ...
In just the past five years, the allergy has undergone a rapid rise on Martha’s Vineyard, causing concern among medical experts and potentially reshaping people’s relationship with the outdoors and ...
Boy by Nicole Galland, William Morrow, 2025, $30, 339 pgs. Reviewed by Steve Donoghuue. The two young main characters in Nicole Galland’s boisterously winning new novel Boy are each at a kind of ...
He died in 1998. Pat occasionally came to the Vineyard as a visitor in the 1960s, sometimes for pleasure, sometimes for work, saying that she thrived “in the fog and the green atmosphere.” She came ...