A new report from the North Atlantic Right Whale Consortium this week estimated that the right whale population rose to about 372 whales at the beginning of 2023, up from a previous estimate of 356 whales.
Farm & Garden
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By LYNNE IRONS If I could rename my perennial bed a meadow, I would feel smug in the knowledge that I was a raging success as a gardener. There...
The Sept. 15 sun went down in one blazing ball and after the last bit of color was gone, the crowds gathered on Lambert’s Cove Beach brushed the...
By LYNNE IRONS
If I were a tomato, I would want to be a porch tomato. It is a lesson which took only 15 months, about $50 and a bowl of bruschetta on a warm...
By LYNNE IRONS Let me get a couple of business items out of the way. I hate it when I tell a lame joke and no one gets it but me. To wit: last...
Tomorrow, students at the Edgartown School will have a choice at lunchtime: chicken salad sandwich or peanut butter and jelly. And on Thursday,...
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Nature & Science Stories
Archery season for deer has wrapped up its third week on the Island, and in a mild autumn with leaves only just beginning to turn, hunters are calling it a good season so far.
Local scientists and advocates are undertaking new research and exploring new preservation efforts in an attempt to save Chilmark Pond, one of Martha’s Vineyard’s unhealthiest ponds, from harmful algal blooms.