RECENT presidential vacations on Martha’s Vineyard seem to begin and end at the airport, so the first family misses the ferry-boat view of the island’s most impressive streetscape. That’s the grand gingerbread vista of the houses along Ocean … Semantic Topic Tags: view of the islands ferry boat streetscape vacations

The sun rising over the town of Vineyard Haven on the island of Martha’s Vineyard. If you bet on tourism numbers, quick tip: Martha’s Vineyard in 2010. Every time presidents vacation here, interest and arrivals pick up in seasons to follow.

African Americans have been coming to Martha’s Vineyard since the 18th century, according to historian and resident Robert Hayden; many current black residents can trace their homes back for generations. While the first African slaves arrived on the … Semantic Topic Tags: robert hayden african slaves african americans 18th century historian martha generations

OAK BLUFFS, Martha’s Vineyard — So there we were, standing on the lush but soggy lawn of Da Vinyud’s famous Ocean Park, surrounded by those big gingerbread cottages, thinking this was about as different from Palm Beach as it gets. Then we saw Ellen … Semantic Topic Tags: gingerbread cottages oak bluffs ocean park palm beach martha