Deer help to fuel Martha's Vineyard's worrisome increase in all varieties of ticks. The menu of illnesses that ticks transmit poses a threat to public health on Martha’s Vineyard. Unchecked, the increasing risk of contracting Alpha-gal syndrome (AGS), Lyme disease, Anaplasmosis, Ehrlichiosis, Babesiosis, Powassan Fever, Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever, and Tularemia may affect the Island’s seasonal economy.

“Everything looks great,” Dr. Barnes said. I was in “ongoing and complete remission.”

Successful Martha's Vineyard deer hunters have well-stocked freezers based on 2023 harvest figures released by the Massachusetts Division...

In October, the start of the deer hunting season on Martha’s Vineyard, I generally get out of bed by 5 a.m. so I can be in my deer stand...

I’m not sure why I wanted to make a pumpkin pie for Thanksgiving. My wife Norma and I are not what you’d call Thanksgiving...

Watching a tick crawl up my sleeve and self-destruct is very satisfying.

The sound was deafening. Caw. Caw. Caw. Hundreds of crows, swirling black shadows in the darkening sky, called to each other overhead as...

I started to think of black mamba snakes. The mind tends to wander after a couple of hours of tedium while sitting in a tree stand during...

But make no mistake about it. A Tom with love on his mind is no chicken.

The much anticipated Island deer archery season began Monday, October 7. The start of hunting season brings the promise of venison for...

I spent more than two decades as a reporter asking the questions. Today, I was on the other side of the table. Thankfully, I did not have...

Regret mixed with relief as I retraced a brush-strewn path I had followed so many mornings and afternoons during the hunting season just...