Annual Holiday Light Display Brightens Oak Bluff's Ocean Park.
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It was a nail biter that ended in heartbreak. They were up by two points with under three minutes left in the game, then down by one point with five seconds remaining, but in the end the Vineyarders could not overcome defending champions Danvers on Tuesday in the MIAA Division 3 state semifinal at...
March 12, 2013
Mothers Opposed to Mayhem (MOM) and the Coalition to Stop Gun Violence held a rally in memory of children lost to gun violence at the Five Corners intersection in Vineyard Haven on Sunday.
March 11, 2013
They came ready for a rematch, and that's what they got. On Saturday afternoon the boys' basketball team topped defending title-holders Wareham to claim the title of Massachusetts Interscholastic Athletics Association Division 3 South Section champions.
March 9, 2013
If you had walked the shoreline of the Vineyard between roughly 1870 and the middle 1930s — especially the muscular, rocky north shore from Lambert’s Cove west to Gay Head — you would have seen something there’s absolutely no sign of today: row after row of wooden stakes stretching up to 100 feet...
March 7, 2013
High winds and rain continued to pelt the Island Friday as a powerful ocean storm moved through the area, flooding coastlines and threatening substantial beach erosion.
March 7, 2013
Between the big storms this winter on Martha's Vineyard there was one quiet morning in Oak Bluffs harbor. The herring gulls, the pigeons and coastal waterbirds ruled the waterfront.
March 5, 2013
Signs of spring are all around at the Farm Institute in Edgartown, where two calves were recently born and hundreds of chicks have just arrived.
March 4, 2013
One by one, the hockey teams and girls' basketball fell in the Massachusetts Interscholastic Athletics Association sectional tournament. But one team remains. Friday night brought jubilation to the Vineyard boys’ basketball team, when the seventh-seeded boys defeated Eastern Athletic Conference...
March 3, 2013
Two common dolphins were observed in the inner coastal waters of Chappaquiddick this week. The pair were observed swimming close to shore in an area known as the narrows, near the opening to Cape Pogue, north of the Dyke Bridge.
March 1, 2013
Oak Bluffs Library hosted a family mini golf day in February.
February 27, 2013
Moshup Beach reflects the colors of the sunset in its clay cliffs.
February 26, 2013
A rising full moon cast a yellow pall over the harbor Monday evening.
February 26, 2013
Island musicians gathered at the Chilmark community center Friday night for the monthly potluck jam hosted by Alex Karalekas. Singers and songwriters played folk, blues and other genres, while attendees feasted on potluck fare.
February 25, 2013
The Meat Ball Dinner and Dance Party was held at the Agricultural Hall in West Tisbury last Saturday. There was plenty of meat to eat and afterwards dancing to the beat of the Daytrippers.
February 25, 2013
A dusting of snow brightens morning at Edgartown Harbor.
February 25, 2013
More than 350 runners braved rain, sleet, wind and plenty of frigid temperatures on Saturday to compete in the Martha's Vineyard 20 Miler, an annual benefit for the Boys and Girls Club. Ryan Aschbrenner of Nashua, N.H. was the first to cross the finish line, with a time of 1:58:23.
February 19, 2013