Winter avian residents arrive and the occasional rare birds move through the Island in December, as winter begins.
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Photography
Martha's Vineyard in the early morning is a different place this time of year.
June 9, 2016
A tour of Chappaquiddick and how erosion has effected the Martha's Vineyard shoreline.
June 9, 2016
Meet the ferry Woods Hole, the newest member of the Steamship Authority fleet.
June 8, 2016
The Martha's Vineyard Regional High School class of 2016 will graduate Sunday at the Tabernacle. The diverse group of students are remembered at their school as thoughtful, hardworking, and eager to engage in the community around them.
June 6, 2016
Hardy hikers gathered at Pecoy Point in Oak Bluffs, the start of Martha's Vineyard Land Bank's annual cross Island hike.
June 6, 2016
The Martha's Vineyard Public Charter School class of 2016 ended their high school careers Sunday under a tent on the school grounds.
June 6, 2016
On beaches and at the edge of farm fields, rosa rugosa is the flower of the month on Martha's Vineyard.
June 5, 2016
Bad weather forced the Tisbury Memorial Day parade and ceremony indoors, but that did not dampen the spirit of the annual event
May 30, 2016
Marching to the drumbeat of a longstanding Island tradition, students in Edgartown, Chilmark, and Tisbury marched to the sea Friday to scatter flowers in the water in honor of those who
May 27, 2016
For math scholars to performing arts stars, Martha's Vineyard Regional High School students were honored Thursday for academic excellence.
May 27, 2016
Memorial Day brings that moment in the Vineyard year which is defined, more than any other, by its contradictions. This weekend stands each year as the gateway into busy summer with all its festivities.
May 26, 2016
The new ferry Woods Hole was christened last week at the Conrad Shipyard in Louisiana.
May 26, 2016
The United States Commission of Fish and Fisheries began in Woods Hole in 1871. The organization was the precursor to NOAA's National Marine Fisheries Service, and its northeast fisheries center is still located in Woods Hole.
May 26, 2016
There are nine warbler species that are known to nest on Martha's Vineyard.
May 25, 2016
The remote northern end of Chappaquiddick has been bustling with activity this spring as the Army Corps of Engineers begins a lengthy cleanup project of World War II-
May 23, 2016
After an off-season transformation, the 137-year-old Wesley Hotel has been reborn as Summercamp
May 19, 2016