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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Easter weekend began the week of April vacation in our public schools, and the sound of suitcases snapping shut could be heard across the Vineyard.
April 18, 2022
No pulling on ears or tails, please. A familiar tradition returned Saturday with the opening of the Flying Horses carousel at the foot of Circuit avenue in Oak Bluffs.
April 17, 2022
Whether the central focus of our celebration is Easter, Passover or the reckless beauty of a sunstruck spring day, the text for this weekend is one and the same.
April 17, 2022
Children fanned out across the pastures at Island Alpaca searching for eggs and posing for pictures with the Easter Bunny.
April 16, 2022
Voters headed to the polls in Edgartown, Oak Bluffs and West Tisbury to decide on new select board members and cast ballots on the question of whether to create a Martha’s Vineyard Housing Bank.
April 14, 2022
On Super Tuesday, debate was passionate as West Tisbury, Edgartown, Oak Bluffs and Tisbury returned to pre-pandemic venues for their annual town meetings.
April 13, 2022
Parents, grandparents and siblings filled the orchestra section of the Martha’s Vineyard Performing Arts Center in Oak Bluffs to take in the spring performance from the Rise dance troupe.
April 13, 2022
Lobsterville Beach is ready for summer, with nearly 80 volunteers planting beach grass to stabilize the dunes.
April 11, 2022
The Martha's Vineyard Figure Skating Club presented their 33rd annual ice show, Live, Love, Skate! this weekend at the ice arena.
April 10, 2022
The progress of spring on the Island is an annual matter of two steps forward and one step back.
April 10, 2022
Island children and their families rose before the sun Saturday morning to claim prime fishing real estate along Duarte’s Pond in West Tisbury.
April 9, 2022
The masterful fish-hunting hawk has returned to Vineyard skies, a sight to make one pause, look up and marvel.
April 7, 2022
Opening day of the Vineyard high school baseball season is a time when winter finally loses the vise-like grip that it's held on us for so long. It's a time for renewal, for hope. We all have a fresh start. All things seem possible.
April 5, 2022
The energy of live theatre returned to the Performing Arts Center this weekend as the regional high school's performance of Les Misérables played to packed houses all weekend long. Accompanied by a 16-piece orchestra the students embraced the hit musical and made it their own.
April 3, 2022
March wandered off, a bit of a lion and a lamb strolling together. And now it is April's turn, often a routine of showers to cede center stage to May and its burst of color. But perhaps this year April will choose a different path, one more inclined to embrace the sunny side of life.
April 2, 2022
It was a blizzard of smiles and armfuls of Dilly Bars at the Dairy Queen's opening day on April 1. For students from the Edgartown School, the end of day bell was a signal to take off running to try and be the first to enter the Dairy Queen doors after a winter hiatus. Sweet relief.
April 2, 2022