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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Derby hot spots like the Big Bridge and State Beach have been crowded as the annual fishing contest heads into the third week.
September 25, 2021
Work kicked off on a $4 million capital project to raise the pier about 18 inches and rebuild its crumbling infrastructure, preserving Memorial Wharf for decades to come as sea levels rise and strong storms threaten Edgartown harbor.
September 22, 2021
Every fall, the Vineyard is seized by fishing fever as one of the East Coast’s best known saltwater fishing tournaments gets underway. Casting under a full moon
September 21, 2021
As the season turns from summer to fall, summer bird residents start to depart for their winter homes.
September 21, 2021
It was a sparkling day for the Pat West Gaff Rig and Schooner Race.
September 20, 2021
On Sunday morning, kids and their parents were up early to take advantage of fishing on the Oak Bluffs Steamship Wharf.
September 20, 2021
Edgartown harbor sparkled brilliantly in the sun Saturday afternoon as families from the Vineyard and beyond gathered for the annual ceremony of remembrance at the Edgartown Lighthouse Children’s Memorial, where small, engraved granite cobblestones honor hundreds of young lives lost.
September 20, 2021
Cross country runners representing schools from across the region competed in the fourteenth Annual Martha’s Vineyard Invitational Saturday at the regional high school.
September 19, 2021
In the hint of a cool September breeze is the wafting of the waning summer. The breeze arrives on the southern shore of the Island, pushing seven-foot swells onto the beach. The breeze winds through the beach grass and slips away through rosa rugosa.
September 19, 2021
Well over a hundred people gathered at the Edgartown School to pay tribute to former principal Ed Jerome. Mr.
September 18, 2021
Call them the last days of summer or the first days before the official arrival of fall. A traveler may find a certain seasonal confusion in these September days of high blue ocean skies and nights when bright star patterns dip low enough to touch.
September 17, 2021
Derby fishermen are back at Wasque Point, on the southeastern tip of Chappaquiddick, casting into the churning rip current where bluefish and other species feed on the smaller fish that get trapped.
September 16, 2021
When the swells come in, Islanders head to Squibnocket to chase as many waves as they can get.
September 15, 2021
The Holmes Hole Sailing Association sponsored the 44th running of the George Moffett Race on Saturday, Sept. 11.
September 13, 2021
The wind festival delights each September as the winds pick up and everyone heads to Ocean Park with all manner of wind-related flyers — kites, Frisbees, even bubbles.
September 13, 2021
First weigh-in for the 76th Martha's Vineyard Striped Bass and Bluefish Derby took place from 8 to 10 a.m. on Sunday morning. Weigh-ins are everday, down at the Edgartown Harbor, from 8 to 10 a.m. and 8 to 10 p.m.
September 12, 2021