Fright Night
For two weeks in late October, Martha’s Vineyard Screenprinting shuts down their normal operations to prepare for a distinctly different business venture: a haunted house. It will be open on Oct. 30 and 31.
Island Light: Flying
What is it about the call of the gull, flying over open water, that calls for consideration? Both adament and questioning, it triggers a backward glance to former selves who walked this same path. The future is out there too, on the wing, heading for the horizon at the break of day. All this the…
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Getting Ready for Game Day
The Battle of The Atlantic approaches for the MVRHS sports teams and student-athletes are preparing for the big games. Island sports teams will travel to Nantucket on Halloween for the annual inter-island tradition.
Happy Haunting
Ghosts, goblins and ghouls galore made their way to downtown Edgartown Sunday morning to do some trick-or-treating. Local businesses opened their doors to the Halloween revelers as Islanders of all ages showed off costumes of both classic characters and new favorites.
Spooky Season
The Martha’s Vineyard Public Charter School is once again filling downtowns with Halloween flavor with their scarecrows. Every year the school puts up at local businesses; the student-made scarecrows to benefit the art department.
High School Sports Midseason
Martha’s Vineyard Regional High School sports team approach the middle of the season and postseason hopes begin to crystalize. The Varsity football team defeated Monomoy, the boys varsity soccer team fell to Cohasset and the girls varsity soccer team beat St. John Paul II high school.
Derby Awards
Anglers, volunteers, board members, family and friends gathered at Farm Neck Golf Club to watch the 81st Martha’s Vineyard Striped Bass & Bluefish award ceremony. David M. Gerhardt would walk away with the grand prize of Derby-themed Jeep Gladiator Mojave X, provided by Vineyard Vines and Premier Jeep Cape Cod.
Island Light: Where to?
Forget the errands and instead choose to get lost. Go left when you would normally turn right, take the dirt road instead of the paved one (the options are endless here), agree to walk, crawl, slither or saunter rather than run or ride. The road less traveled need not belong to the far frontier. It…
Derby Days: Home Stretch
The Derby enters its final week and anglers are packing in fishing hours before the final bell tolls. Big shore bluefish are showing up but nothing has touched Sherry Countryman’s record-setting boat false albacore. Time will tell if the leaderboard is set, or if big upsets are in store.
Local Wild Food Festival
The annual Local Wild Food Festival returned to the Grange Hall in West Tisbury on Monday. Island chefs and home cooks were welcomed to show off the bounty that local wild Martha’s Vineyard food has to offer.
Car B Q Classic
On Sunday afternoon, the Winnetu Oceanside Resort became a haven for car enthusiasts, who gathered for the Vineyard Gazette’s Car-B-Q classic auto show.
Island Light: Blissful
The signs of the season are everywhere, from atop a pile of pumpkins to beneath a fragile mushroom. Relax in the abundance of color — in the sky, the ocean and the fields. Move slowly and breathe deeply.
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