We finally got a bit of rain on Sunday night. We really needed it.
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The 65th annual Martha’s Vineyard Striped Bass and Bluefish Derby opens Sunday morning at a minute past midnight. The fishermen are waiting....
A thin crescent moon appears low in the southwestern sky tonight, under the planets Venus and Mars and under the bright star Spica. Those with a...
Crop Walk The Crop Walk planning meeting is Saturday, Sept. 11 at 5 p.m. at Grace Church in Vineyard Haven. Bert Marshall, the walk’s regional...
By LYNNE IRONS There is a Paul Simon song with the following lyric: “Why am I soft in the middle when the rest of my life is so hard?” The...
Hurricane Earl was a bust for bird watchers. A cast of thousands, all the Vineyard’s most active bird watchers, met at the Gay Head Cliffs on...
I would like a word with wind. Or maybe a few words with wind. Windfall, windburn and windmill would all fit the bill. Wordsmithing aside, the...
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Thursday July 11, 2024
Beige and brown and tan and black, with horns spiraled or semicircular or in undulating waves, a legion of goats marched up the hill toward us, bleating in anticipation of fresh grass and leaves.