When the calm of February settles, the woods and the roads, the waterways and the wildlife always seem to speak louder. Walk slowly to any destination with eyes, ears and nose open. The rewards are plentiful.
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October is a month for taking stock, its waning light and colder air kindling an appreciation for the season so suddenly behind us. It's also a month to appreciate in its own right, for its gifts of apple cider, for the windfall of an Indian Summer day after a chilling frost.
October 28, 2018
Now that Halloween season has descended upon the Island and other buildings have draped their porches in cobwebs and critters, the Martha's Vineyard Museum has brushed off theirs, revealing a fully-restored, and decidedly non-scary period facade.
October 25, 2018
Whether watching the sunset at Lobsterville or the sunrise at Lucy Vincent, whether casting at Edgartown Lighthouse or viewing Devil's Bridge from Gay Head Light, Islanders know October is one of the prettiest months and gives them yet another excuse to celebrate the matchless joys of the Vineyar
October 25, 2018
October is the peak migration season, as birds fly south on clear, cool, and calm nights.
October 24, 2018
Throngs of music lovers crowded a closed down Circuit avenue in Oak Bluffs to celebrate Island women in music.
October 23, 2018
Now that the derby is over, the talk of the Island is about change, about a time of year when the pace of Vineyard life slows enough to enjoy the seasonal gifts of autumn, a period of noble days and cool nights. Our year is in transition, caught before the first hard frost.
October 17, 2018
The pressure is on as the Martha's Vineyard Striped Bass and Bluefish Derby heads into the final weekend of fishing.
October 11, 2018
So now another seamlessly run derby, another competition that cements the Vineyard derby's position among the pre-eminent events of its kind on the whole East Coast, is over. But in a way, this derby celebrates a game whose most wondrous characteristic is that it is never ending.
October 11, 2018
October 9, 2018
An Edgartown dredge crew is in charge of the dredge work in the Tashmoo channel. Using finely-tuned teamwork, the crew makes the sand flow.
October 9, 2018
The Vineyard's shore passed into the distance as Mark Lovewell took the helm of Sea Chantey for a fall sail.
October 8, 2018
This is the last big weekend of the Island year, a time when autumn points toward Thanksgiving and the holidays beyond.
October 7, 2018
The talk of the Martha's Vineyard Bass and Bluefish Derby in the third week of the tournament has been as gloom and doom as the weather, but over the weekend the skies cleared and fishermen lined the shores casting for that elusive keeper.
September 30, 2018
Kathy Domitrovich, the owner of Lola’s Southern Seafood in Oak Bluffs, had a closing party to wish farewell to longtime friends as the restaurant closes its doors for the last time after selling the business.
September 29, 2018
Before the sun rose on Saturday morning more than 200 people gathered at Bend in the Road for the first annual Darkness Into Vineyard Light Walk.
September 29, 2018
The year moves on and the season turns, heading out as if on a shifting tide. September forms a boundary between summer in its waning days and the approach of autumn. The glory of September is that it blends two seasons into one of unusual beauty on the Island.
September 28, 2018