July is prime season for shorebirds and summer residents. It is also the season for baby birds, and adult birds are busy bringing food to their young. Southbound migrants are also starting to appear.
July is prime season for shorebirds and summer residents. It is also the season for baby birds, and adult birds are busy bringing food to their young. Southbound migrants are also starting to appear.
The turkey is soon to become soup, and the sins of the pie will be addressed at the YMCA. Now the lights are on in Ocean Park and thoughts turn to downtown main streets and shopping trips.
The Vineyarders were victorious over Nantucket Saturday in the 36th annual Island Cup. The home team defeated the Whalers 21-7. A large crowd braved the cold to watch the action at the annual rivalry game.
"The stripped and shapely Maple Grieves the loss of her Departed Leaves," John Updike wrote about November. "The ground is hard, As hard as stone. The year is old, The birds are flown. "And yet the world, Nevertheless, Displays a Certain Loveliness."
The poet Elizabeth Coatsworth wrote "The fires burn And the kettle sing, And earth sinks to rest Until next spring." Here on the Vineyard the frost is on last month's pumpkin, and the bird bath has a thin sheet of ice. Finally time to turn off the outdoor shower and roll up the hose.
The Vineyard boys' soccer team defeated the top-seeded Medway Mustangs 2-1 on Tuesday afternoon at Taunton High School in the semifinal game of the division three south section postseason tournament.
On a sunny fall day, Islanders gathered in Oak Bluffs to pay tribute to veterans. There was a short parade that departed from Nancy's Restaurant in Oak Bluffs, with vetera
It's the time of year when the shift starts, when we feel the edges of winter starting to close in. The leaves are just barely hanging on to ever-barer branches, their departure helped along with fall winds and rain.
High winds and driving rain lashed the Island as November started out with a coastal storm.
The Island was bustling Friday night as ghouls and goblins of all ages put on their spooky finest and headed out for Halloween festivities. Vineyard Haven was the Island hotspot, with Main street hosting trick or treaters.
It's pouring torrents of rain on the Vineyard this morning, with high winds and dangerous seas. Probably not a good day to grab the dip net and bushel and head out scalloping.
New faces and tell-tale bits of straw are popping up all over the Island this week, which means one thing: Martha's Vineyard Public Charter School's annual scarecrow festival has arrived. This year's theme was literary characters.
The Martha's Vineyard Museum combined Halloween festivities with a party to celebrate Nancy Luce's 200th birthday party.
October 26, and gremlins and hobgoblins are creating and trying on costumes for next week as their parents pull on their waders and pull out the peep sights to peer down at Island ponds for a tasty dinner treat.
Bay scallop season is underway on the Vineyard, and scallopers are out on the water rain or shine. Join Albert O. Fischer for a look at the scalloping scene on Menemsha Pond.
The 70th annual Martha's Vineyard Striped Bass and Bluefish Derby begins Sunday, Sept. 13 and continues through Saturday, Oct. 17, 2015. For more information, visit the derby's website.