Volunteers gathered at Lobsterville Beach Saturday morning under gray and windy skies to take part in dune restoration efforts led by the Natural Resources Group of the Wampanoag Tribe of Gay Head (Aquinnah). The annual event began in 2015, prompted by damage caused by Hurricane Sandy. Beach grass collects and stabilizes wind-blown sand in coastal resource systems.
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The Martha's Vineyard football team won their home opener against Sutton by a score of 40-20.
September 11, 2023
A plume of smoke curled against the backdrop of the rolling waves on Aquinnah’s south shore this weekend, as members of the Wampanoag Tribe of Gay Head (Aquinnah) and native peoples from across the east coast gathered for the annual Aquinnah Powwow.
September 11, 2023
First weigh-in for the 78th Martha's Vineyard Striped Bass and Bluefish Derby took place on Sunday morning. Weigh-ins are everyday, down at the Edgartown Harbor, from 8 to 10 a.m. and 8 to 10 p.m.
September 11, 2023
Saturday was the 46th running of the George Moffett Race out of Vineyard Haven harbor. The Moffett Cup is the annual end of season race for the Holmes Hole Sailing Association, and is named for George Moffett, one of the founders of the association.
September 10, 2023
The change was noticeable just after Labor Day, when Vineyard families had to take their children for the start of school, and the thinning out of the summer population was daily more evident.
September 10, 2023
As the derby approaches, members of the Martha’s Vineyard Surfcasters Association set up tables full of tackle, fishing rods, reels and other fishing gear to raise money for two scholarships for Vineyard high school seniors planning to study marine biology.
September 6, 2023
Island students went back to school today and the rhythms of a new year could be seen all over the Vineyard as kids waited at the end of roads and driveways for school buses to arrive, and parents sat in drop-off lines at elementary schools.
September 5, 2023
All roads lead to the Ag Hall grounds in West Tisbury throughout the summer where growers hawk their home-grown and homemade wares, from tomatoes and salanova, to pies, honey and Vietnamese cold rolls.
September 4, 2023
Labor Day Weekend kicked off at Owen Park in Vineyard Haven for First Friday. The festivities had pop-up food and artist vendors, and live music on the beach.
September 3, 2023
August is now over, having passed once more in its overwhelming headlong hurry. September, this wonderful month of harvest and ripeness, now stretches before us, its thirty days a seeming eternity.
September 3, 2023
Seven years ago five Oak Bluffs police officer families gave birth to five babies in five months. The men and their children posed in July of 2017 on the steps in front of the Oak Bluffs police department.
August 30, 2023
A day at the beach stretches into the late afternoon, when the sun drops low in the sky and the wind backs off in perfect synchrony with a falling tide.
August 29, 2023
Veterans Park in Vineyard Haven was transformed to a music festival for Beach Road Weekend. Crowds turned out both for the overcast and rainy beginning on Friday through the blue-sky August on Saturday, culminating in a field full of fans for the closing acts on Sunday.
August 28, 2023
Summer is fast slipping away and this is the time to savor long afternoons at the beach, collecting shells and sea glass and maybe a bushel of quahaugs for chowder.
August 27, 2023
August is a time for warm days and fledging birds. Feathered friends also start to disperse after breeding season, while southbound migrants pass through the Vineyard for a visit.
August 22, 2023
West Tisbury was the place to be for the 161st annual Martha’s Vineyard Agricultural Society Fair, where a blend of old and new kept crowds entertained from Thursday to Sunday. More than 40,000 people took part in the summer tradition over its four-day run.
August 21, 2023