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by Marita Acosta


Last month marked the 50th anniversary of the release of Jaws - which changed the movie industry - and as I rewatched it, the impossibly picturesque maritime settings and endless beaches awakened in me a nostalgia for the light, colours, sounds, and tastes of summertime holidays. It was then I discovered that the film's fictional Amity Island is actually ritzy Martha's Vineyard, Massachusetts, a 45-minute to hourlong ferry ride from Cape Cod.

Come summer, one of

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