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On Sept 17th 2018 at the new Ag Hall in West Tisbury, the Permanent Endowment for Martha’s Vineyard honored Vineyard legend Clarence A “Trip” Barnes as this year’s recipient of their Creative Living award.

The New Year was off to a cold start when we were hit with the famous “Bomb Cyclone” storm that effected the entire east coast. The island actually got more of a slushy snow mix and then temperatures plumetted and we were hit with a deep freeze that turned us into pretty much one massive ice skating rink!. It effected travel and schools for a day or two but the ice hockey players were happy out on the ponds and it certainly kept the plumbers busy!

Edgartown celebrates Mothers Day and welcomes Spring this weekend with the annual Pink and Green Weekend hosted by the Edgartown Board of Trade.

MVYouth, a community fund founded in 2014, announced their 2017 Expansion Grant awards in January. They awarded $1,350,000 to two Island non-profits serving youth - the Martha’s Vineyard Ice Arena and Felix Neck Wildlife Sanctuary.

A vibrant contributor to Martha's Vineyard's winter social scene, is the Vineyard Haven Playhouse, which thankfully continues to entertain the islands year round residents through the off season. Here's as snippet of what February has to offer:

October brings sweater weather! The leaves are turning and its feeling a little brisker out there. But when the sun shines it’s still really lovely and temperatures are lingering in the mid 60’s.

Today is the birthday of Eleanor Pearlson, our fearless founder of Tea Lane Associates, who sadly passed in 2010. There's not a day that goes by that we don't think of her with a smile. We can sometimes still hear her saying ..."are you a complete idiot????. buy the damned house" .. "Darling of course I'm here on Sunday's, I'm here every day, not like these others who are so delicate" .....and "it's you again!!!!.... You're never going to buy anything!... You're a schnorer"  !!!

It’s not often you stumble upon a Japanese dance performance in the middle of Menemsha on a Monday evening!

It's very easy to become complacent living on Martha's Vineyard, you can easily take for granted this island and complain about its quirks and challenges, but when I drove up island today, first to meet a broker to preview this new listing on the south shore, and then to open up this house for a showing on Squibnocket Ridge, I was really overcome by how special a place this is. How lucky we are to live here and to experience all that we do in the world of real estate on Martha's Vineyard.

Last week saw the Chilmark Store wake from it's winter slumber on a beautiful summery day. Workers trucks parked alongside Cabriolets as summer residents start to return to meet their caretakers and open up their homes. Of course the pizza special for the day was local Kale and Stinging Nettle - afterall this is Chilmark!