Winter weather called out to ice enthusiasts who traveled to Duarte's Pond in West Tisbury over the weekend for pond hockey, ice fishing and dog walking — just like the old days.
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A steady stream of kids walked back and forth across the Oak Bluffs Steamship Authority wharf, their hands holding scup and sea bass.
September 29, 2024
Dawn broke foggy this morning, and the Steamship Wharf in Oak Bluffs will be lined with children for the Kids Derby.
September 29, 2024
While Derby fishermen weigh in their catches at the Edgartown weigh station this week, colorful fish arrived by land for the seventh annual Bass in the Grass fundraiser.
September 28, 2024
There are plenty of reasons why so many fishermen and women enter the month-long derby, and few of those reasons have to do with the rich array of prizes.
September 26, 2024
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.
September 25, 2024
After forty-six years Tivoli Day is an annual end-of-summer celebration of Oak Bluffs.
September 24, 2024
Kiteboarders took advantage of the wind and surf on Sengekontacket this weekend.
September 23, 2024
As the season turns from summer to fall, summer bird residents start to depart for their winter homes while others visit the Vineyard as they fly southward.
September 23, 2024
At the seventh annual Darkness into Vineyard Light Suicide Preventation and Awareness Walk, dozens of participants gathered before the dawn Sunday at Bend in the Road Beach.
September 22, 2024
The changing of the seasonal guard is told not in the skies but in the lands and the sea around us. The gathering of fall turns thoughts ahead to the golden weeks of late September and soon October, to warm days and cool nights, to high ocean skies and flecks of glitter in Island waters.
September 22, 2024
Heading into the second week of the Derby, the word was all about the weather; good, bad, windy, and rainy.
September 20, 2024
At 7:59 a.m. John Custer stood outside derby headquarters and slid open the door to reveal a derby legend: Janet Messineo. Ms. Messineo rang the official derby bell to start the 79th edition of the beloved Island tradition.
September 15, 2024
Ah, September. The haze lifts from the skies and spectacular sunsets arrive. Fishermen restock their tackle boxes and line the shore in search of the elusive monster striper.
September 15, 2024
Blue September sky stretched wide over the Edgartown Lighthouse Saturday, where families gathered for the 23rd annual Ceremony of Remembrance.
September 14, 2024
The parade to the water’s edge begins in the first minutes after midnight Sunday morning. The 79th annual Martha’s Vineyard Striped Bass and Bluefish Derby will open and for the next month thousands of friends and strangers will compete in what has become one of the most prestigious fishing...
September 12, 2024
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 9, 2024