Nature & Science

The Summer Moon, the full moon of June, takes place on Wednesday. The Moon is moving through one of the southernmost zodiacal constellations Scorpius, the mythological scorpion. Throughout all of next week, the moon moves through the constellations...

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In Vineyard Skies

Moon and Jupiter

Tomorrow night’s gibbous moon appear close to the bright planet Jupiter in the southeastern sky. The two rise in the east well before midnight. Both...

8:15 pm, June 11, 2009
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Nature & Science, Vineyard Gardener

The Vineyard Gardener

Lynne Irons

By LYNNE IRONS

2:04 pm, June 11, 2009
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All Outdoors

Blue-Eyed Beauty

Suzan Bellincampi

The grass is always greener ... except when it is blue and not grass at all. Blue-eyed grass is opening its eyes at a field near you. Delicate,...

2:03 pm, June 11, 2009
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Bird News

Downy Woodpeckers

Susan B. Whiting

Ellen, aka Lefty, Leverenz e-mailed me and attached two photos of downy woodpeckers that she had seen at her Chilmark feeders. She did so because the...

2:03 pm, June 11, 2009
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The Fishermen

State Fishing License

Mark Alan Lovewell

New legislation will be filed in the state house this month making way for a state recreational saltwater fishing license. State Representative Tim...