Donnie Benefit and Greg Bettencourt lead dredging efforts in Edgartown Great Pond.
Donnie Benefit and Greg Bettencourt lead dredging efforts in Edgartown Great Pond.
After temperatures dipped down to the chilly side, the first week of September saw a return of summer-like weather and Vineyarders headed back to the beach to take advantage of the late season bonus.
President Obama's Vineyard vacation came to an end on Sunday, as the President and First Family departed the Island after a 15-day stay.
Tradition holds that wearing white after Labor Day is a fashion faux pas. If you follow the old rules you have one more day to offset your tan with those sharp white pants. But following the rules is no fun . . .
Eager onlookers started saving their spots in Ocean Park early Friday afternoon. And the annual Oak Bluffs fireworks show Friday night did not disappoint.
Late summer on Martha's Vineyard is synonymous with the Agicultural Society's Livestock Show and Fair, a four-day celebration that features farm animals, carnival rides, competitions ranging from skillet-throwing to quiltmaking and plenty of good food and fun.
Illumination Night, Oak Bluffs Fireworks, Agricultural Fair, and oh yes, the President and First Family is here. It truly is the height of the summer this week. Two events have passed but there is still time to spend a day at the fair.
Grand Illumination Night drew thousands to the Camp Ground Wednesday for the annual evening filled with band music, singing, and the lighting of traditional lanterns on the porches of gingerbread cottages.
Public statements about world events, a bike ride and golf were on the agenda during the first week of President Obama's vacation on the Island.
Saturday evening artists Ken Vincent and Traeger di Pietro set up easel, light, camera and projector at Lighthouse Beach in Edgartown. At nightfall a new mixed media painting was created. Brush strokes projected onto the Edgartown Lighthouse.
A trip up-Island is worthy anytime, but down-Island has many charms of its own. Photographer Tim Johnson spent the week prowling the busiest towns searching for quiet beauty.
The 37th Annual Chilmark Road Race took place Saturday morning on a blue-sky August day and with an expanded field of 1,600 runners.
A storm passed over the Island Thursday, bringing heavy rain, thunder and lightning. But the storm was apparently most severe over the water.
Yesterday a child came out to wonder. Caught a dragonfly inside a jar. Fearful when the sky was full of thunder. And tearful at the falling of a star.
The Edgartown Board of Trade sponsored the annual sand sculpture contest at South Beach Wednesday. Shovels were the tool of choice and sand the medium; sharks were a popular subject.
Elizabeth Maua Taylor said: "August rushes by like desert rainfall, A flood of frenzied upheavel, Expected, But still catching me uprepared. Like a matchflame Bursting on the scene, Heat and haze of crimson sunsets." It is the height of summer on the Vineyard and August indeed will rush by.