Winter avian residents arrive and the occasional rare birds move through the Island in December, as winter begins.
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The 153rd Grand Illumination was held on Wednesday evening in the Oak Bluffs Camp Ground. The crowd filled the town, 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 15, 2024
More than 1,000 runners lined up at the starting line on Middle Road at 10:30 a.m.
August 13, 2024
The energetic crowd at the Tabernacle Thursday evening applauded three husband and wife pairings, with the female authors introduced by their husbands.
August 12, 2024
Dog Days is the name for the most sultry period of summer, from July to August. Named in early times by observers in countries bordering the Mediterranean, the period was reckoned as extending from 20 days before to 20 days after the conjunction of Sirius (the dog star) and the sun.
August 11, 2024
Backyard bash celebrated the Chilmark Fire Department and the community with music food, raffles and a good old fashioned good time.
August 8, 2024
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 8, 2024
With summer in high gear, residents and tourists alike have a host of new places on the Island to eat this season. Six new restaurants have opened in the down-Island towns, all of them from familiar faces on the Vineyard cooking scene.
August 7, 2024
Since 1958 the Tabernacle in Oak Bluffs has been the host of the All-Island Art Show.
August 6, 2024
The page has turned on the summer calendar now, and on the Vineyard that traditionally means changeover weekend, the time when July people left and August people have arrived.
August 4, 2024
Fishermen, scallopers and the Island residents and visitors who feast on their catch all gathered by the Menemsha docks Thursday for the Martha’s Vineyard Fishermen’s Preservation Trust’s annual Meet the Fleet Event.
August 2, 2024
Though pieces of the broken Vineyard Wind turbine continued to fall into the ocean south of the Island this week, federal regulators have approved the wind farm to lay cables.
July 31, 2024
Harbor Homes hosts its fourth annual Give Me Shelter art show and sale on July 30 and 31 at the Grange Hall in West Tisbury.
July 31, 2024
Sail MV began in 1992, and for over three decades the nonprofit has fostered the Island’s maritime heritage through sailing lessons and education.
July 31, 2024
The Jewish Culture Festival brought food, music and art to the Island in a celebration and exploration of Jewish culture.
July 30, 2024
Land Rover enthusiasts gathered this weekend for the Vineyard Series held at Nomans. An annual gathering of classic Land Rovers (2004 and earlier) from the Island and all over the United States were on hand to display and view the vintage vehicles.
July 28, 2024