Mid-April and there’s plenty of light for even the dim-eyed to navigate before six o’clock these mornings. Flowers are in bloom with daffodils flamboyantly leading the way, the grass is greening up nicely, and the air is warmer. It’s morning, and everything is new.
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November brings cooler weather and the arrival of winter residents, especially waterfowl. Transient migrants continue to be found, including some summer resident species, though they appear in newer numbers.
November 22, 2023
On the Vineyard autumn lingers like two friends over coffee; no need to rush to the next appointment on the calendar. Lawns are still green, herb gardens redolent with rosemary, farm fields freshly turned.
November 19, 2023
Lagoon Pond was calm in the early afternoon inviting scallopers to search for the tasty treat. Volunteers at Cranberry Acres harvested and sorted Thanksgiving's favorite fruit. Later the horizon sky clouded over just at sunset; the evening was suffused in golden light.
November 12, 2023
The Veterans Day parade in Oak Bluffs stepped off at 10:45 on Lake avenue and was a multigenerational affair, led by an honor guard of three young Coast Guardsmen dressed in crisp blues, and followed by servicemen including Boy Scouts.
November 11, 2023
The Island honored its veterans on the eleventh day of the eleventh month beginning with a display of patriotic pride as members of the American Legion Post 257 raised 450 flags on the Avenue of Flags in the Oak Grove Cemetery in Vineyard Haven.
November 11, 2023
Button-up time is here. Or, if you prefer, hunker-down time. Take your pick, up or down. We've fallen back on the clock, springing ahead is months down the road. Trick or treating is over. It's time to get ready to hibernate, the annual rite of fall.
November 5, 2023
What better time to share some verses of poetry with temperatures dropping, leaves turning and frost on the pumpkin.
November 1, 2023
Edgartown was the place to be Sunday when Happy Haunting brought little ghosts and goblins to Main street for trick or treating.
October 30, 2023
The Upis Land Band led a throng of enthusiastic listeners and dancers up Circuit avenue Saturday night in what has become an end-of-season tradition. This year Best Fest celebrated on Halloween weekend with live music, costumes and a New Orleans-style street parade.
October 30, 2023
The Vineyard football team rallied with 17 points in the second half in an epic 24-21 win to secure the 43rd playing of the Island Cup. The Vineyarders now hold a 22-21 advantage in the best of Island competition.
October 29, 2023
Halloween falls on Tuesday and the epicenter for all things scary on the Island will be William street, where goblins, ghosts, princesses and mermaids of all shapes and sizes go to trick-or-treat.
October 29, 2023
The family of scarecrows that has made a home in Vineyard Haven can’t manage to scare people away. Main street has been jammed with cars that slow to a snail’s pace as drivers and passengers check out Tisbury’s Halloween visitors.
October 28, 2023
Dancers, actors, musicians and visual artists have turned the Grange Hall in West Tisbury into an all-ages haunted house for the next two weekends, with a new performance piece titled Granger Things by Island choreographer-playwright and producer Abby Bender.
October 28, 2023
Lambert's Cove Road was alive with the sound of hammers as an old-fashioned barn raising took place for Island Autism. The new campus is in phase one to create a full-time residential home and community for autistic children and adults.
October 25, 2023
There is something timeless — and therefore reassuring — with a Vineyard beach on a sunny October day. No matter how many times you have made the short journey to Lambert’s Cove Beach, it is a visceral moment when you arrive at the top of the dunes.
October 24, 2023
In October birds begin migrating past Martha's Vineyard; some are summer resident species leaving for winter homes, while others nested north and west and are migrating down the Atlantic coast. Meanwhile our avian winter residents start to arrive.
October 24, 2023