May arrives as do more seasonal migrants. A rare sighting of a golden crowned sparrow is reported, the first since 66 years ago.
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Photography
Green grass and colorful uniforms decorated the West Tisbury School grounds on Saturday as youth soccer emerged from the pandemic strong as ever and a whole lot of fun.
May 3, 2021
April bows out with a magnificent moon; May arrives in sunlight and expectation.
May 1, 2021
With the flurries that fell this past week, one thing is clear, spring in these parts is a matter of lurching progress.
April 25, 2021
Travel the trails of budding woodlands; stop long enough to notice the changes in old Island meadowlands and in the dune grasses along our never-ending shoreline. At the moment the Island boasts a genuine spring arriving.
April 24, 2021
As of Wednesday the Martha's Vineyard Hospital had administered 15,508 shots, including 9,039 first doses and 6,508 second doses.
April 23, 2021
The spring migration is in full force in April as ummer visitors come north while winter residents depart. Osprey, greater yellowlegs, piping plovers and double-crested cormorants arrive with southerly winds.
April 22, 2021
Flowers are in bloom with daffodils flamboyantly leading the way, the grass is greening up nicely, and the air is warmer.
April 17, 2021
The Vineyard Conservation Society sponsored their annual Earth Day beach cleanup for the 29th year.
April 17, 2021
This spring so far has been a soft and enticing prelude to summer, a gentle and sometimes teasing reminder of the soothing season of sun and outdoors.
April 11, 2021
The osprey are back, pinkletinks are singing, and April showers fall on white pines and choppy harbors. It's spring on the Vineyard.
April 10, 2021
Vineyard Gazette photography winners at the New England Newspaper & Press Association award ceremony for the 2020 contest year.
April 9, 2021
Whether the central focus of our celebration is Easter, Passover or the reckless beauty of a sunstruck spring day, the text for this weekend is one and the same. We have made our appointment with this new season of life; let us rejoice and be glad in it.
April 2, 2021
Of the 16 great ponds on the Island, Edgartown Great Pond holds a combination of salt and freshwater due to a yearly dredged channel between the pond and the south shore.
March 29, 2021
In these early days of spring an Islander is as likely to see morning frost as a blooming crocus, and one day's heat is the next day's chill.
March 28, 2021
The Vineyard football team took to the field Saturday against Sandwich on a beautiful March day for their first home game of the Fall II season.
March 27, 2021