High school teams rounded into fine form at the halfway point of the winter sports season.

January 12, 2023

Whether they are traveling to Boston, the Caribbean or simply Cape Cod, winter travelers from the Vineyard all have one thing in common: the homecoming.

January 10, 2023

It’s time to make the coffee at home before heading out to enjoy a mild-ish Sunday on the Vineyard. Afternoon football games call us back to our couches and to put some logs on the fire.

January 8, 2023

The annual Christmas Bird Count had begun, as birders spread out across the Island to spot, count and identify as many birds as possible.

January 3, 2023

Hardy Vineyarders headed to beaches to celebrate 2023. Not only was it first day, it was also first swim. Wamer than normal air temperaturs encouraged the brisk swims, if only the water was just as warm. Cheers!

January 2, 2023

It is the concerns of the day that turn us to poets and philosophers to define the importance of the coming of any new year: Housman reflected on the “beauty of the death-struck year.” Emerson told us the “years teach what the days never know.”

January 1, 2023

Pictures are not only worth a thousand words, they tell the visual story of a year on the Island.

December 29, 2022

We know this season in our bones. In the days around Those few leaves that were left as a valiant but futile rear-guard on the gray branches of trees have fallen. Beaches are lonely and wind-pierced places.

December 29, 2022

Winter avian residents arrive and the occasional rare birds move through the Island in December, as winter begins.

December 27, 2022

We always wonder at this time of year about new greetings, about better ways to say Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays. The old exchanges serve the season best and that will remain so for all the years to come.

December 25, 2022

There is something magical about the season’s first snow. The Vineyard woke Christmas Eve morning to find the Island blanketed.

December 24, 2022

Caroling, caroling through the town . . . Christmas bells are ringing. Congregants from the Federated Church brought Christmas spirit to the streets of Edgartown, lifting their voices to appreciative Islanders.

December 23, 2022

The yuletide “King Tide” has already inundated Five Corners in Vineyard Haven and Dock Street in Edgartown, turning both locations into splash zones.

December 23, 2022

Offshore Ale in Oak Bluffs filled up early as fans showed up to watch the World Cup Final match between Argentina and France.

December 19, 2022

In 2018 the historic steeple that stands above the Tisbury town hall was removed. The classic New England-style town hall was originally a church and dates to 1844.

December 19, 2022

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