Nature & Science

The night skies this week included a rare phenomena. Northern Lights, usually associated with the arctic and Northern New England observable sites were visible on the Cape and Islands. Photographers posted pictures on social media and from Cape Cod...

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Bird News

Seasonal Sensations

Robert A. Culbert

This is the time of the year that a wide variety of birds are winging their way south, passing through the Vineyard on their way.

4:10 pm, September 25, 2019
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All Outdoors

Riddle Me This

Suzan Bellincampi

I often think that fall is the best of the four seasons.

4:05 pm, September 25, 2019
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Government, Nature & Science

Edgartown Sets Dates for Bay Scalloping

Will Sennott

Edgartown selectmen set dates for the upcoming bay scallop season at their meeting Monday. Family scalloping begins Oct. 1 in all areas; the...

12:18 pm, September 24, 2019
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Nature & Science

Islanders Join Worldwide Climate Action Day

Julia Wells

Martha’s Vineyard schoolchildren and others joined a day of activism around the globe Friday to protest inaction in the face of a climate change...

1:38 pm, September 20, 2019
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In Vineyard Skies

First Day of Autumn

Mark Alan Lovewell

Autumn arrives Monday morning at 3:50 a.m., before most of us have awoken.

10:50 am, September 20, 2019
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Fishing, Nature & Science

In Week One of Derby, Albies Rule

Will Sennott

Five days into the 74th annual Striped Bass and Bluefish Derby, all over the Island fishermen are hauling their packs of tackle along the shoreline...