Donnie Benefit and Greg Bettencourt lead dredging efforts in Edgartown Great Pond.
Donnie Benefit and Greg Bettencourt lead dredging efforts in Edgartown Great Pond.
The Coronavirus health emergency has left many Island businesses and public buildings closed to the public for the near future.
All town parks have been closed due to the Coronavirus, but Islanders feeling the need for fresh air and excercise have the use of land bank and Sheriff's Meadow properties, the state forest, and of course, beaches.
In these early days of spring an Islander is as likely to see morning frost as blooming daffodils, and one day's heat is the next day's chill.
Across the Island, downtown streets and stores were empty and traffic was lighter as stay-at-home orders adopted Tuesday in Chilmark, Edgartown, Oak Bluffs, Tisbury and West Tisbury took effect.
Winter residents are plentiful and northbound migrants start to arrive during March in the birding world.
The Martha's Vineyard Hospital has adopted drastic measures to curb the spread of the coronavirus and protect the public health.
The Island landscape is slowly greening and dotted with hardy spring bulbs just beginning to show their flowers.
This pandemic will end. Even in our uncertainty and physical isolation from each other, community is possible and necessary.
Social distancing and a desire to be outdoors brought Islanders to Menemsha.
Vineyard farm stands are open, with rules posted outside every entrance, offering Island-grown produce, dairy and meat.
The light lingers well past five o'clock now, and the late day sky is streaked with fuchsia punctuated by scudding, slate-colored clouds.
"Please practice social distancing," words now familiar to all of us. And Vineyarders respond by staying home, and when out, out walking in open spaces.
More than the weather marks the minds and emotions of Islanders at the turning of the season.
A year after a fire at Flat Point Farm, as the first days of spring approach, a new flock of eight bluefaced leicester-montadale sheep have been introduced, along with new hope for the future of the farm.
Tisbury School students got a private performance Tuesday by an internationally acclaimed dance ensemble from Cuba.
Island harbors looked like a raging seas over the weekend, and a dense salt spray infused the air around the shorelines, as high winds began Friday night and continued through Saturday. Snow fell overnight, well, an inch or so did, but that's more than we received during January or February.