Annual Holiday Light Display Brightens Oak Bluff's Ocean Park.
Annual Holiday Light Display Brightens Oak Bluff's Ocean Park.
Temperatures hovering around zero and snow, and then temperatures around 50 and rain. It must be January on the Vineyard.
The 54th (114th nationally) annual Christmas Bird Count took place Jan. 4 between dawn and dusk over the Island. The big question on everyone's minds: What is the real number of snowy owls on the Vineyard?
The Vineyard was transformed to a winter wonderland as heavy snow fell for the first time this season. Islanders headed out to hike, photograph and just enjoy the beauty.
A major snowstorm dumped more than eight inches of snow on the Vineyard overnight. High, gusty winds and occasional blizzard conditions pummeled Edgartown harbor.
The turning of the year 2013 gave the Vineyard an opportunity to stay up late, dress up nice, and ring in 2014 with parties, good food, dancing and fireworks.
The weekend was full of local music, in Vineyard Haven anyways. Friday night Mocha Mott's hosted a free concert in its coffeehouse, and Saturday, the Capawock hosted a musical celebration including Ouroboros Shadow Pictures.
As the Vineyard approaches the end of 2013 we take some time to appreciate the waterfront and farmland around us.
A year punctuated by visits from a president, right whales, the arrival of a roundabout and a reality television crew.
There were sad goodbyes to Islanders who have died.
A look back at moments at some of the creative fires that burned brightly on the Vineyard this year.
Pieces of land were put up for sale; others were preserved in perpetuity. And around the Island, old homes got new owners.
From Aquinnah to Oak Bluffs to Chappaquiddick, the Island grappled with the impact of coastal erosion.
A dozen roundabout ways to look back on the Vineyard during 2013.
High school sports teams had much to cheer about in 2013.
On the waterfront and in downtown centers, business enterprise was marked by generational shifts and changing mores.
Islanders turned out on the shortest day of the year for the winter solstice celebration at the Gay Head Lighthouse Saturday. Music, poetry, food and celebrating was on the menu. And the view could not be beat!