Annual Holiday Light Display Brightens Oak Bluff's Ocean Park.
Annual Holiday Light Display Brightens Oak Bluff's Ocean Park.
Islanders woke up to several inches of snow Friday morning - as well as plenty of sunshine - both welcome sights after a gray week.
Oak Bluffs woke up to blue sky and white snow this morning, adding a lightness to what seemed like a very gray week on the Island.
The first snow of the year arrived overnight, blanketing the Island in 3.2 inches of snow, according to the National Weather Service cooperative station in Edgartown.
Near the northern shore of Squibnocket Pond on a recent winter day, Tim Boland and Kristen Fauteux stood up to their necks in water, holding cameras, pruning shears and bulky bags high above their heads.
Flat Point Farm, a 91-acre working farm nestled between two coves of the Tisbury Great Pond, has been owned by the Fischer family for several generations.
Frost settles on the open fields of Edgartown and coats leaves and spears of straw on a recent chilly morning.
Hundreds of adults and children turned out Sunday at the Martha's Vineyard Hospital to get free vaccinations against the flu. With help from dozens of volunteers, a long line of adults and children — at times snaking through several hallways — moved swiftly and efficiently through the process.
Twenty-four thousand pounds of concrete was brought to Menemsha harbor on Wednesday morning, part of a vast harbor improvement plan that includes a new 40-foot fixed wooden fuel dock and new access ramps for people with handicaps.
A 28-foot whaleboat is being built using traditional methods for the Charles W. Morgan whaleship at Mystic Seaport by Gannon and Benjamin. The boat will hopefully be complete by June in time for the Wooden Boat Show at Mystic Seaport.
Vineyarders took to roads, paths and beaches as new year 2013 dawned Monday with clear skies.
Islanders rang in the new year Tuesday with a lively parties featuring music, dancing, champagne, local bands, lanterns and fireworks over Edgartown harbor.
Sepiessa Point Reservation, owned by the Martha's Vineyard LandBank, makes for a beautiful, solitary walk in December.
New Year's Eve dawns in Vineyard Haven with the weekend's first snow remaining.
Though much of Saturday featured heavy rain, snow fell on the Vineyard in the evening and the Island awoke to a dusting of crunchy, icy snow.
The year in review holds heavy for many, but offers up a bright future for others.
Boats were canceled, Five Corners was closed, and the hub of Vineyard Haven was shut down by heavy rains.