Someone wrote to the Gazette not so long ago with a few observations about this time of year, thoughts as appropriate today as they were when they were first published:
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The traditional end of summer Herreshoff Cup Race included a twist this year, with the Vineyard Haven Yacht Club competing in the race for the first time and playing host.
September 5, 2022
Labor Day weekend sneaked up this year and caught the Island unawares.
September 4, 2022
How is it that August on the Vineyard can be so different from July? It’s all about location in the landscape of summer. July opens the season, and from its vantage point at the near shore of summer, the days seem to extend almost endlessly, with autumn somewhere over the horizon.
August 30, 2022
After Friday night's rains, Beach Road Weekend returned Saturday with concerts at Veterans Park.
August 28, 2022
Today marks the last weekend in August — one last trip to Larsen's Fish Market, another round of golf at Farm Neck, a box of Murdick's fudge to go, a last swim at South Beach.
August 28, 2022
On Friday night Veterans Park in Vineyard Haven was transformed from a quiet softball and soccer field to a full-fledged music festival.
August 27, 2022
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 25, 2022
More than 100 supporters came out on August 23 to honor the memory of Tavaris and Tavaughn Bulgin.
August 24, 2022
During the dizzying peak of summer, when intersections are thick with cars, celebrity sightings keep Islanders buzzing, and long lines stretch from ice cream counters, post offices and ferry terminals, another line begins to form in West Tisbury on the grounds of the Agricultural Hall for the Mar
August 22, 2022
The rules are simple. You are given two throws with two skillets provided by the fair. You must throw each skillet as far as you can and as close to the line as possible.
August 22, 2022
As the days grow visibly shorter and the climactic events of summer rush past, our challenge is to slow down, to savor this fleeting season’s sweetness and try to make it last.
August 21, 2022
Eager onlookers started saving their spots in Ocean Park early Friday. And the annual Oak Bluffs fireworks show Friday night did not disappoint.
August 20, 2022
This old-fashioned country fair tells us the peak of summer is here and it also reminds everyone that the season’s rush is toward Labor Day and the autumn beyond. But for now the invitation is to the fair. We’ll see you there.
August 19, 2022
Inside the 160th Martha's Vineyard Agricultural Fair the sounds of sizzling fryers, squealing piglets and ferris wheel music greeted the first visitors, along with screams of joy, and dread, from the field of carnival rides.
August 19, 2022
The 151st Grand Illumination was held on Wednesday evening in the Oak Bluffs Camp Ground. The crowd came back in full force, and by the 7:30 p.m. start time the Tabernacle was packed and well-encircled by people seated on picnic blankets and lawn chairs.
August 18, 2022
Hundreds gathered at Union Chapel for the first nights of the free, all-ages Built on Stilts performance festival that has returned to the Vineyard every August.
August 15, 2022