Winter avian residents arrive and the occasional rare birds move through the Island in December, as winter begins.
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Easter baskets overflowed this weekend as children fanned out around the Island to take part in Easter egg hunts. At Misty Meadows Rebel the horse filled in Saturday morning for the Easter bunny, who made an appearance the next day at the Harbor View Hotel's annual hunt.
April 16, 2017
Mid-April and there's plenty of light for even the dim-eyed to navigate before six o'clock these mornings. Flowers are in bloom with daffodils flamboyantly leading the way, the grass is greening up nicely, and the air is warmer. It's morning, and everything is new.
April 16, 2017
Fresh popcorn, Wurlitzer music and hand-carved horses going round and round: spring has officially arrived.
April 15, 2017
Super Tuesday came to the Vineyard as residents of Edgartown, West Tisbury and Oak Bluffs gathered for annual town meetings.
April 12, 2017
The Island Community Chorus performed two shows this weekend at the Martha's Vineyard Performing Arts Center. The show was entitled The Choir Takes the Stage, and featured well known works written for the theatre.
April 10, 2017
We have heard the pinkletinks calling in the boggy hollows on afternoons lit by a warming sun.
April 9, 2017
The poet who called April the cruelest month never emerged from a Vineyard winter.
April 2, 2017
March 30, 2017
Winter residents are plentiful and northbound migrants start to arrive during March in the birding world.
March 29, 2017
The Whaling Church was filled with an enthusiastic audience for the annual strings concert starring students of Rebecca Barca-Tinus.
March 27, 2017
More than 1,600 filled gathered at the Portuguese-American Club for the 31st annual Big Chili Contest.
March 27, 2017
After a February of mild temperatures and buds bursting forth, March has turned back the calendar to colder days.
March 26, 2017
This Saturday and Sunday, students from the Martha's Vineyard Public Charter School are performing Excalibur, the Story of Young King Arthur.
March 23, 2017
A large brush fire in West Tisbury was put out Wednesday evening after an all-out response by firefighters.
March 22, 2017
Island artist Barney Zeitz spent some time at the Martha's Vineyard Film Festival Saturday with sketching pad in tow. Between screenings of the films, attendees head to the Hay Bale Cafe, to listen to local musicians, discuss the films they saw, and sample food.
March 20, 2017
For four days every March, the Martha's Vineyard Film Festival creates a full schedule of documentary and feature films.
March 20, 2017