Early. That’s the message of the Vineyard these days. Everything’s early and that translates to a kind of seasonal confusion. In the old days we didn’t need a calendar to tell the time of year.
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This year's annual Art of Flowers show at Featherstone Center for the Arts focuses on native plants to coincide with the Vineyard’s first annual Climate Action Week.
May 9, 2022
Hosted by MVY Radio, the Night Out for Nonprofits made its debut in 2019 to raise money for the Martha’s Vineyard Nonprofit Collaborative.
May 9, 2022
Just as there are stages of child development, there are stages of development in every child’s appreciation of their mother.
May 8, 2022
Fresh off a tour of Ireland, the regional high school’s Minnesingers perform this weekend at the Performing Arts Center.
May 7, 2022
A crowd gathered on the steps of the Edgartown courthouse Tuesday afternoon to protest the draft Supreme Court ruling overturning Roe v. Wade that had been leaked the night before, reverberating around the nation and sparking protests.
May 3, 2022
The Vineyard Gazette was honored with more than 30 awards over the weekend at the New England Newspaper & Press Association award ceremony, including 12 awards for photography.
May 1, 2022
Welcome, May — how very welcome this new month is. The new green buds are bursting at its arrival; the birds sing earlier each morning as they gather materials for their nests.
April 30, 2022
The arrival of spring will lock the sun on the Island side of the equator for the next six months and this is the real news of this seasonal moment.
April 30, 2022
The length of Circuit avenue has been transformed by the new streetscape design.
April 28, 2022
The Martha's Vineyard Shellfish Hatchery is a laboratory and breeding nursery for oysters, quahaugs and bay scallops to help support wild populations, restore local ecosystems and provide seed for commercial experiments.
April 28, 2022
The proposed Island-wide housing bank took another step forward when Chilmark became the fifth town to give it a thumbs up at its annual town meeting Monday night.
April 26, 2022
The spring migration is in full force in April as summer visitors come north while winter residents depart.
April 26, 2022
Gail Barmakian’s close win on election night for Oak Bluffs select board stands after Monday morning’s recount confirmed her victory over Dion Alley with a recount vote of 505-503.
April 25, 2022
April began on a whim, celebrating the art of foolishness and ends, at least here on the Island, with a clarity of purpose.
April 24, 2022
People from around the Island gathered on Saturday morning to scour the shoreline for bags, bottles, lighters, fishing gear and other beach litter.
April 23, 2022
Menemsha is an idyllic part of the Island. It is a fishing town enveloped by placid blue water and sandy green hills and blessed with the Island’s deepest and most intense sunsets.
April 19, 2022