Edgartown, Oak Bluffs and West Tisbury hold their annual town meetings on the Vineyard's own Super Tuesday.

April 12, 2023

Now the pace of Island life will quicken in the rush toward summer. The days and weeks ahead will bring seasonal fits and starts, a setback or two and then an avalanche of green and the bright blooms of daffodils, lilacs and wild apple. The turn of the season is at hand.

April 10, 2023

Lots of smiles, fish, and hot dogs, and family fun at the annual Kids Trout Tournament.

April 9, 2023

Putting aside the angry disruptions of the odd northeaster or two, this spring so far has been a soft and enticing prelude to summer.

April 9, 2023

The Flying Horses carousel opened its 148th season on Saturday, and hundreds of kids and parents flocked to the carousel to wait in line, choose a horse, and reach for the coveted brass ring that allows for an extra ride free of charge.

April 8, 2023

At the Tisbury School service members from Coast Guard Station Menemsha join students and staff every Thursday for half the day.

April 6, 2023

Islanders can take solace from the fact that this dance of one step forward, two back, is the norm and not the exception where our season of spring is concerned.

April 2, 2023

It is March and, as expected, the pace of the northward migration has increased. Southwesterly winds brought a variety of birds northward. Can spring and summer be far behind?

March 28, 2023

Both floors of the Oak Bluffs Library were transformed into a spacious 18-hole course for a Putts $ Pints fundraiser.

March 27, 2023

For five days every March, the Martha's Vineyard Film Festival creates a full schedule of documentary and feature film.

March 27, 2023

In these early days of spring an Islander is as likely to see morning frost as a blooming crocus, and one day's heat is the next day's chill.

March 26, 2023

Vineyarders mobilized by the Coalition to Create the Martha’s Vineyard Housing Bank had one mission on Thursday in Boston: to encourage legislators to pass the Island housing bank bill.

March 23, 2023

The light lingers well past five o'clock now, and the late day sky is streaked with fuchsia punctuated by scudding, slate-colored clouds. It's only 15 days until spring, and the strengthening sunlight is an ever-present reminder as well.

March 23, 2023

Eighteen graduates of the All-Island Firefighter I/II course received their certificates Tuesday night, having completed 145 hours of training since last October.

March 22, 2023

The Martha’s Vineyard Prescribed Fire Partnership held a controlled burn in Katama this week. Controlled burns are used to reduce the amount of fuel for wildfires, and to help to restore the health of plants and natural areas.

March 21, 2023

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