Mercy Reed grew up on the water in Nantucket Sound. "I grew up a fisher person ... Not even the empty shells of the seafood ...

I’m a glass-is-half-empty type, so it surprised some people at the recent Martha’s Vineyard Coastal Conference when I gave an ...

Nov. 18, 2017. (Steven Senne/AP) When Jessie Little Doe Baird was growing up on Cape Cod in the Mashpee Wampanoag tribe, she didn’t have a relationship with her native language. She’s co ...

October is Indigenous Peoples Month, a time for respect and engagement with voices that have long been silenced or overlooked ...

Downstairs, the whimsical Venetian-style restaurant Via Mare is a favorite among locals and tourists, while out back, a wild English garden is Nantucket personified. Yet it’s something less ...

Products featured here are sponsored by the businesses collected here. To join them write adsales@mvtimes.com. West Tisbury and Oak Bluffs will both be holding special town meetings this month ...

Experience Indigenous culture, both past and present, with the upcoming Wampanoag Experience Powwow at Round the Bend Farm in South Dartmouth. Native history, skills, practices, food, arts ...

At 1 p.m., following the event, the Town of Yarmouth will lead a walking tour of a new coastal municipal park under development on the site of a former motel. One of the grants announced today ...

After U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) arrested several illegal immigrants on Nantucket for alleged sex crimes, a local GOP chair is urging more vetting as migrant violence ...

This week, we’ve got a Wampanoag Experience Powwow coming up at Round the Bend Farm. Plus, celebrating Black history in New Bedford, concerts, poetry, and new exhibits at the Whaling Museum.

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