Donnie Benefit and Greg Bettencourt lead dredging efforts in Edgartown Great Pond.
Donnie Benefit and Greg Bettencourt lead dredging efforts in Edgartown Great Pond.
After a month-long moratorium on construction, landscaping and other trades, one and two-person crews were allowed to return to work this week.
We have heard the pinkletinks calling in the boggy hollows on afternoons lit by a warming sun.
Island pear, cherry and daffodils are putting on a remarkable display, seasonal avian friends have been returning, and leaf buds hint at the greening of the season.
As a stay-at-home order ended its first month, Gov. Charlie Baker said it was too soon to say when Massachusetts would be ready to begin reopening.
The spring migration is in full force in April as summer visitors come north while winter residents depart.
In these uncertain times even small things can brighten one's day.
April begins on a whim, celebrating the art of foolishness and ends, at least here on the Island, with a clarity of purpose.
Positive tests for the coronavirus remained steady through the week until two more raised the total to 14.
A spring storm blowing in from the south lashed the Vineyard with wind and rain, cancelling ferries and downing tree branches.
This spring in particular, with its arrival, reminds us that while our miseries are bounded in time, bliss knows no such limits.
On the day before Easter, Good Shepherd Parish has handed out chock-full bags of food to Island families strained by the coronavirus pandemic.
Spring has wobbled onto the seasonal stage with the uncertain legs of a newborn lamb.
Most of us are comfortable with the sacred and the secular existing side by side in our lives, but this weekend is remarkable on Martha's Vineyard for combining worship, social distancing, and reflection.
Never mind the untimely cold of the last few days. We still may be sure of spring, and it is the flowers that are the most distinctive contribution to today's Palm Sunday. Get outside and notice the blooming daffodils, the forsythia and the magnolia. Celebrate the season of renewal.
The Island is sheltering in place, doing our part to help stem the spread of the coronavirus pandemic.
With nine confirmed cases and counting, preparations continued at the Martha's Vineyard Hospital.