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        <pubDate>2026-09-10T23:18:24+00:00</pubDate>

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                <title><![CDATA[Pickleball on Martha's Vineyard: Public Courts, Fees and Where to Get a Game (2026)]]></title>
                <link>https://mvvacation.com/blog/pickleball-marthas-vineyard-public-courts</link>
                <description><![CDATA[Where to play pickleball on Martha's Vineyard in 2026: the town courts in Oak Bluffs (Niantic Park), Vineyard Haven (Lake Street, $20 an hour) and Edgartown, the indoor option at Airport Fitness, fees, how the summer queue works, and why up-island has no public courts.]]></description>
                                    <author><![CDATA[MV Vacation <adm@mvvacation.com>]]></author>
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                <pubDate>Thu, 10 Sep 2026 23:18:24 +0000</pubDate>
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                                    <category>Things to Do</category>
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                <title><![CDATA[Radio Science: Silent DJ After-Parties on Martha's Vineyard]]></title>
                <link>https://mvvacation.com/blog/radio-science-silent-dj-after-parties-marthas-vineyard</link>
                <description><![CDATA[Radio Science runs silent DJ after-parties on Martha's Vineyard: headsets kept on the island, three channels, headset wrangling for rentals, tents and lights. The island's answer to the 10 PM outdoor music curfew at weddings.]]></description>
                                    <author><![CDATA[MV Vacation <adm@mvvacation.com>]]></author>
                                <guid>https://mvvacation.com/blog/radio-science-silent-dj-after-parties-marthas-vineyard</guid>
                <pubDate>Wed, 09 Sep 2026 02:41:14 +0000</pubDate>
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                                    <category>Services and Vendors</category>
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                <title><![CDATA[Working a Summer on Martha's Vineyard: The Practical Guide for J-1 Students and Seasonal Staff (2026)]]></title>
                <link>https://mvvacation.com/blog/marthas-vineyard-seasonal-worker-guide-j1-students</link>
                <description><![CDATA[The practical guide for J-1 students, H-2B workers and summer staff on Martha's Vineyard: Social Security sessions at the Oak Bluffs Library, the free bus and its live map, the two laundromats (yes, one is by the airport), cheap bikes, groceries, Wi-Fi, pay rules, health, food help if money runs short, and free days off. Checked September 2026.]]></description>
                                    <author><![CDATA[MV Vacation <adm@mvvacation.com>]]></author>
                                <guid>https://mvvacation.com/blog/marthas-vineyard-seasonal-worker-guide-j1-students</guid>
                <pubDate>Wed, 09 Sep 2026 21:00:23 +0000</pubDate>
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                <title><![CDATA[Joshua Slocum on Martha's Vineyard: The Sailor Who Farmed West Tisbury and Vanished from Vineyard Haven]]></title>
                <link>https://mvvacation.com/blog/joshua-slocum-marthas-vineyard-west-tisbury-vineyard-haven</link>
                <description><![CDATA[Joshua Slocum, first to sail alone around the world, spent his last years farming in West Tisbury and vanished from Vineyard Haven harbor in November 1909. The voyage, the farm called Fag End, the last departure, and what a visitor can actually see: the harbor, a marker stone by a country road, the museum's Slocum papers, and the book itself.]]></description>
                                    <author><![CDATA[MV Vacation <adm@mvvacation.com>]]></author>
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                <pubDate>Wed, 09 Sep 2026 23:31:35 +0000</pubDate>
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                                    <category>West Tisbury</category>
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                <title><![CDATA[The Vineyard's Famous Summer People: Who Lived Where, and What You Can Still See (2026)]]></title>
                <link>https://mvvacation.com/blog/marthas-vineyard-famous-residents-where-they-lived</link>
                <description><![CDATA[Who summered where on Martha's Vineyard, and what a visitor can actually see: Eisenstaedt's Menemsha, Benton's Chilmark, Cronkite's Edgartown harbor, Styron and Buchwald in Vineyard Haven, McCullough and Katharine Graham in West Tisbury, Belushi's grave at Abel's Hill, and the Onassis farm in Aquinnah that opened to the public in 2025. Public places named, private homes left alone.]]></description>
                                    <author><![CDATA[MV Vacation <adm@mvvacation.com>]]></author>
                                <guid>https://mvvacation.com/blog/marthas-vineyard-famous-residents-where-they-lived</guid>
                <pubDate>Wed, 09 Sep 2026 20:39:09 +0000</pubDate>
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                <title><![CDATA[Camp Jabberwocky: The Story Behind the Red Bus in the Edgartown Fourth of July Parade]]></title>
                <link>https://mvvacation.com/blog/camp-jabberwocky-marthas-vineyard</link>
                <description><![CDATA[The red bus that gets the loudest cheer in the Edgartown Fourth of July parade belongs to Camp Jabberwocky, a tuition-free summer camp for people with disabilities that has run on the Vineyard since 1953. An islander's account of where it came from and what it is. For anything official, the camp's own site is the source.]]></description>
                                    <author><![CDATA[MV Vacation <adm@mvvacation.com>]]></author>
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                <pubDate>Wed, 09 Sep 2026 20:52:11 +0000</pubDate>
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                                    <category>Vineyard Haven</category>
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                <title><![CDATA[The Ponds of Martha's Vineyard: Great Ponds, the Cut, the Blooms and Where to Meet Them (2026)]]></title>
                <link>https://mvvacation.com/blog/marthas-vineyard-great-ponds-guide</link>
                <description><![CDATA[Martha's Vineyard's ponds explained: the great ponds sealed behind the south-shore beach and cut open to the sea by hand, the salt ponds with tides and scallops, the freshwater kettle ponds, why cyanobacteria blooms turn some of them green in August and what MV Cyano's colors mean, the nitrogen under the houses, and where a visitor can swim, paddle and watch the cut.]]></description>
                                    <author><![CDATA[MV Vacation <adm@mvvacation.com>]]></author>
                                <guid>https://mvvacation.com/blog/marthas-vineyard-great-ponds-guide</guid>
                <pubDate>Wed, 09 Sep 2026 21:23:48 +0000</pubDate>
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                <title><![CDATA[Martha's Vineyard Oysters, Scallops and Quahogs: The Hatchery, the Farms, the Permits and Where to Eat Them (2026)]]></title>
                <link>https://mvvacation.com/blog/marthas-vineyard-oysters-scallops-shellfish-guide</link>
                <description><![CDATA[Where Martha's Vineyard's oysters, bay scallops and quahogs come from: the public solar hatchery on Lagoon Pond that turned fifty in 2026, the dozen oyster farms in Katama Bay, Menemsha Pond and Vineyard Sound, the wild beds in the great ponds, the autumn scallop season and its limits, visitor shellfish permits by town, why rain closes a pond, and where to eat them.]]></description>
                                    <author><![CDATA[MV Vacation <adm@mvvacation.com>]]></author>
                                <guid>https://mvvacation.com/blog/marthas-vineyard-oysters-scallops-shellfish-guide</guid>
                <pubDate>Wed, 09 Sep 2026 20:58:31 +0000</pubDate>
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                <title><![CDATA[Martha's Vineyard at Night: Moonrise, Stars, Bioluminescence and the Towns After Dark (2026–2027)]]></title>
                <link>https://mvvacation.com/blog/marthas-vineyard-at-night-moon-stars-guide</link>
                <description><![CDATA[Martha's Vineyard after dark: where the full moon rises out of the ocean, the darkest spots for stars (Aquinnah, Lobsterville, South Beach), full-moon and meteor dates through 2027, the honest word on bioluminescence in the ponds, the three towns after the shops close, and the practical side of deer, dark roads, parking lots and night swimming.]]></description>
                                    <author><![CDATA[MV Vacation <adm@mvvacation.com>]]></author>
                                <guid>https://mvvacation.com/blog/marthas-vineyard-at-night-moon-stars-guide</guid>
                <pubDate>Wed, 09 Sep 2026 23:32:09 +0000</pubDate>
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                                    <category>Sunset, Night and Photos</category>
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                <title><![CDATA[Lobster on Martha's Vineyard: The Menemsha Fleet, the Rules, and Where to Buy It Off the Boat (2026)]]></title>
                <link>https://mvvacation.com/blog/marthas-vineyard-lobster-guide-menemsha-lobstermen</link>
                <description><![CDATA[Lobster on Martha's Vineyard from trap to paper plate: how the small Menemsha fleet fishes, the Massachusetts rules on size, egg-bearing females and whale-safe gear, where to buy lobster off the boat (Larsen's, Menemsha Fish Market, The Net Result), how to eat it on the dock with your own bottle, and how a visitor can get a permit and catch a few.]]></description>
                                    <author><![CDATA[MV Vacation <adm@mvvacation.com>]]></author>
                                <guid>https://mvvacation.com/blog/marthas-vineyard-lobster-guide-menemsha-lobstermen</guid>
                <pubDate>Wed, 09 Sep 2026 23:32:50 +0000</pubDate>
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                                    <category>Chilmark</category>
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                <title><![CDATA[The Feast of the Holy Ghost in Oak Bluffs: The Island's Portuguese Feast, Explained (2026)]]></title>
                <link>https://mvvacation.com/blog/feast-of-the-holy-ghost-oak-bluffs-portuguese-feast</link>
                <description><![CDATA[The Feast of the Holy Ghost in Oak Bluffs, held every third full weekend of July since 1928: the Queen Isabel legend behind the free soup, the Sunday parade from the ferry up Circuit Avenue, the crown blessed at Our Lady Star of the Sea, the sopas at the Portuguese-American Club, the club the rest of the year, and how a visitor should behave at the island's Portuguese feast.]]></description>
                                    <author><![CDATA[MV Vacation <adm@mvvacation.com>]]></author>
                                <guid>https://mvvacation.com/blog/feast-of-the-holy-ghost-oak-bluffs-portuguese-feast</guid>
                <pubDate>Wed, 09 Sep 2026 23:31:35 +0000</pubDate>
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                                    <category>Oak Bluffs</category>
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                <title><![CDATA[Martha's Vineyard Honeymoon Guide: Inns, Months, a Five-Day Plan and What It Costs (2026)]]></title>
                <link>https://mvvacation.com/blog/marthas-vineyard-honeymoon-guide</link>
                <description><![CDATA[The Martha's Vineyard honeymoon guide from a local: the best month to come (September), the eight inns that are actually romantic with 2026 rates, a five-day plan from Edgartown to the Aquinnah cliffs, the dinners worth a Resy reservation, the catboat and tall-ship sails, the dry-town bottle rule, and a worked budget for five nights.]]></description>
                                    <author><![CDATA[MV Vacation <adm@mvvacation.com>]]></author>
                                <guid>https://mvvacation.com/blog/marthas-vineyard-honeymoon-guide</guid>
                <pubDate>Wed, 09 Sep 2026 21:32:32 +0000</pubDate>
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                                    <category>Where to Stay</category>
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                <title><![CDATA[Martha's Vineyard Photo Spots: Where and When to Photograph the Island, by a Local (2026)]]></title>
                <link>https://mvvacation.com/blog/marthas-vineyard-photo-spots-guide</link>
                <description><![CDATA[Where to photograph Martha's Vineyard, by subject and by light: the five lighthouses and their best hours, the working harbors, the ferries, the gingerbread cottages, the Aquinnah cliffs and the rules that protect them, the up-island stone walls, the Jaws bridge, Mytoi and Menemsha Hills, seasons and weather, and the drone, cliff and private-beach rules, illustrated with our own photographs.]]></description>
                                    <author><![CDATA[MV Vacation <adm@mvvacation.com>]]></author>
                                <guid>https://mvvacation.com/blog/marthas-vineyard-photo-spots-guide</guid>
                <pubDate>Wed, 09 Sep 2026 20:39:09 +0000</pubDate>
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                <title><![CDATA[Getting Sick or Hurt on Martha's Vineyard: Hospital, Urgent Care, Pharmacies and What to Expect (2026)]]></title>
                <link>https://mvvacation.com/blog/marthas-vineyard-hospital-urgent-care-pharmacies-guide</link>
                <description><![CDATA[What to do if you get sick or hurt on Martha's Vineyard: the one hospital and its 24-hour emergency department, the new Express Care and Tick Clinic, the walk-in practice in Vineyard Haven, Island Health Care's evening hours, 24/7 virtual care for $130, the island's three remaining pharmacies (no CVS, no 24-hour counter, Leslie's closed), bus and taxi access, and travel insurance for visitors.]]></description>
                                    <author><![CDATA[MV Vacation <adm@mvvacation.com>]]></author>
                                <guid>https://mvvacation.com/blog/marthas-vineyard-hospital-urgent-care-pharmacies-guide</guid>
                <pubDate>Wed, 09 Sep 2026 20:58:31 +0000</pubDate>
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                                    <category>Budget and Costs</category>
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                <title><![CDATA[Martha's Vineyard Beach Safety: Rip Currents, Sharks, Channels and Lifeguards (2026)]]></title>
                <link>https://mvvacation.com/blog/marthas-vineyard-beach-safety-guide</link>
                <description><![CDATA[Rip currents, tidal channels, sharks, bacteria closures, wartime ordnance and cold water: the Martha's Vineyard beach safety guide, with the 2026 incidents (the Long Point drowning, the Norton Point possible shark bite, the Lucy Vincent sighting), which beaches have lifeguards and when they leave, how to escape a rip, and where the hospital is.]]></description>
                                    <author><![CDATA[MV Vacation <adm@mvvacation.com>]]></author>
                                <guid>https://mvvacation.com/blog/marthas-vineyard-beach-safety-guide</guid>
                <pubDate>Wed, 09 Sep 2026 23:32:50 +0000</pubDate>
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                                    <category>Beaches</category>
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                <title><![CDATA[Martha's Vineyard from Thanksgiving to March: The Month-by-Month Winter Guide (2026–2027)]]></title>
                <link>https://mvvacation.com/blog/marthas-vineyard-thanksgiving-to-march-winter-guide</link>
                <description><![CDATA[Martha's Vineyard from Thanksgiving week 2026 to the end of March 2027, month by month: which restaurants serve Thanksgiving and New Year's Eve, the Felix Neck Fall Festival and Light Up Oak Bluffs, Christmas in Edgartown, the exact February closure windows of the year-round restaurants, the winter ferry timetable, the 20 Miler and the Film Festival, weather averages and winter hotel rates.]]></description>
                                    <author><![CDATA[MV Vacation <adm@mvvacation.com>]]></author>
                                <guid>https://mvvacation.com/blog/marthas-vineyard-thanksgiving-to-march-winter-guide</guid>
                <pubDate>Wed, 09 Sep 2026 23:32:09 +0000</pubDate>
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                <title><![CDATA[Renting a House on Martha's Vineyard: The Complete Vacation Rental Guide (2026)]]></title>
                <link>https://mvvacation.com/blog/marthas-vineyard-vacation-rental-guide</link>
                <description><![CDATA[How renting a house on Martha's Vineyard actually works: agencies versus owner sites, the January booking rush, weekly rents by size with the 11.7 percent tax on top, which town suits which week, what the lease leaves out (linens, keys, trash, air conditioning), the 2026 town rules on short-term rentals, the scams, and the beach passes that come with a lease.]]></description>
                                    <author><![CDATA[MV Vacation <adm@mvvacation.com>]]></author>
                                <guid>https://mvvacation.com/blog/marthas-vineyard-vacation-rental-guide</guid>
                <pubDate>Wed, 09 Sep 2026 23:31:35 +0000</pubDate>
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                <title><![CDATA[Why So Many International Students Work on Martha's Vineyard: The J-1 and H-2B Summer Workforce Explained (2026)]]></title>
                <link>https://mvvacation.com/blog/marthas-vineyard-summer-workers-j1-students-explained</link>
                <description><![CDATA[Why so many international students and seasonal workers staff Martha's Vineyard every summer: the J-1 Summer Work Travel rules, the H-2B program, where the workers come from, the 650 students of 2025, the housing squeeze behind it, the island's year-round Brazilian community, and what it means for your trip and your tips.]]></description>
                                    <author><![CDATA[MV Vacation <adm@mvvacation.com>]]></author>
                                <guid>https://mvvacation.com/blog/marthas-vineyard-summer-workers-j1-students-explained</guid>
                <pubDate>Wed, 09 Sep 2026 21:23:48 +0000</pubDate>
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                <title><![CDATA[Renting a Car, Jeep or Moped on Martha's Vineyard: Agencies, Prices and the New Moped Rules (2026)]]></title>
                <link>https://mvvacation.com/blog/marthas-vineyard-car-rental-jeep-moped-guide</link>
                <description><![CDATA[Renting a car, Jeep or moped on Martha's Vineyard: whether you need one at all, the airport and in-town agencies, what Jeeps and compacts cost by season, the 2026 Oak Bluffs moped rules (one rider, driver's license, fewer machines), the three moped shops and their conditions, beach-driving permits, Mokes and e-bikes.]]></description>
                                    <author><![CDATA[MV Vacation <adm@mvvacation.com>]]></author>
                                <guid>https://mvvacation.com/blog/marthas-vineyard-car-rental-jeep-moped-guide</guid>
                <pubDate>Wed, 09 Sep 2026 23:34:11 +0000</pubDate>
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                <title><![CDATA[Mytoi Japanese Garden, Chappaquiddick: Hours, Admission, History and How to Get There (2026)]]></title>
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                <description><![CDATA[Mytoi, the Japanese garden on Chappaquiddick: how to get there on the Chappy ferry, the 15-car lot, hours and admission by season, the pond and bridge, birch walk and camellia dell, the story of Hugh Jones, Mary Wakeman and the rebuild after Hurricane Bob, rules, accessibility and when to go.]]></description>
                                    <author><![CDATA[MV Vacation <adm@mvvacation.com>]]></author>
                                <guid>https://mvvacation.com/blog/mytoi-japanese-garden-chappaquiddick-guide</guid>
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