June is the month of bursting colors and beguiling aromas, and now we are on the threshold of summer. Memorial Day often is a truer marker of the Vineyard's summer, and truer yet are the warm days and cool nights of early June. Sailboats glide in the distance on the blue depths of Nantucket Sound and the gaudy good cheer of colorful kiteboarders dart in the air above our beaches.
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After Friday night's rains, Beach Road Weekend returned Saturday with concerts at Veterans Park.
August 28, 2022
Today marks the last weekend in August — one last trip to Larsen's Fish Market, another round of golf at Farm Neck, a box of Murdick's fudge to go, a last swim at South Beach.
August 28, 2022
On Friday night Veterans Park in Vineyard Haven was transformed from a quiet softball and soccer field to a full-fledged music festival.
August 27, 2022
August is a time for warm days and fledging birds. Feathered friends also start to disperse after breeding season, while southbound migrants pass through the Vineyard for a visit.
August 25, 2022
More than 100 supporters came out on August 23 to honor the memory of Tavaris and Tavaughn Bulgin.
August 24, 2022
During the dizzying peak of summer, when intersections are thick with cars, celebrity sightings keep Islanders buzzing, and long lines stretch from ice cream counters, post offices and ferry terminals, another line begins to form in West Tisbury on the grounds of the Agricultural Hall for the Mar
August 22, 2022
The rules are simple. You are given two throws with two skillets provided by the fair. You must throw each skillet as far as you can and as close to the line as possible.
August 22, 2022
As the days grow visibly shorter and the climactic events of summer rush past, our challenge is to slow down, to savor this fleeting season’s sweetness and try to make it last.
August 21, 2022
Eager onlookers started saving their spots in Ocean Park early Friday. And the annual Oak Bluffs fireworks show Friday night did not disappoint.
August 20, 2022
This old-fashioned country fair tells us the peak of summer is here and it also reminds everyone that the season’s rush is toward Labor Day and the autumn beyond. But for now the invitation is to the fair. We’ll see you there.
August 19, 2022
Inside the 160th Martha's Vineyard Agricultural Fair the sounds of sizzling fryers, squealing piglets and ferris wheel music greeted the first visitors, along with screams of joy, and dread, from the field of carnival rides.
August 19, 2022
The 151st Grand Illumination was held on Wednesday evening in the Oak Bluffs Camp Ground. The crowd came back in full force, and by the 7:30 p.m. start time the Tabernacle was packed and well-encircled by people seated on picnic blankets and lawn chairs.
August 18, 2022
Hundreds gathered at Union Chapel for the first nights of the free, all-ages Built on Stilts performance festival that has returned to the Vineyard every August.
August 15, 2022
There's heat and then there's infernal heat, the latter encompassing humidity of tropical proportions. The Island has had weeks of infernal heat, an unusually long stretch.
August 14, 2022
Defeating a crowded field under ideal weather conditions, Charlie Ortmans won the men’s division of the Chilmark Road Race with a time of 14:56 and Marian Johnson won the women’s division with a time of 17:49.
August 13, 2022
Menemsha jetty at sunset could be the most popular fishing destination on the Island. No matter how the fish are biting, the scenery is worth the trip.
August 13, 2022