Plumbing Inspector - Michael Cianco. Police Chief - John J. McCarthy. Wiring Inspector - Raymond Gosselin. Excellent shops, fine restaurants, and a beautiful harbor are only a few of the qualities that make Vineyard Haven so special to tourists and residents alike. The town beach here is a fine place to watch the harbor.
Ferries shuttle in and out, providing the Island's year-round connection to the mainland.
On the opposite side of Main Street is the Old Schoolhouse Museum. Erected in 1829, this building has served many uses. It was once the original Tisbury School and later the Congregational Church. It is now the headquarters for Sail Martha's Vineyard. In front of the building stands the Liberty Pole, commemorating the daring of three teenage girls who inserted gunpowder in the base of the town's liberty pole in 1776 and blew it up to keep it from being used as a spar by a British warship.