Winter avian residents arrive and the occasional rare birds move through the Island in December, as winter begins.
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Our perspective on Columbus may have changed, but our conviction has only grown stronger that, at this point in the Vineyard year, we definitely are ready for a holiday.
October 11, 2020
The talk of the Martha's Vineyard Bass and Bluefish Derby in the third week of the tournament has been the high winds and cooling temperatures.
October 10, 2020
After presiding over the historic wooden octagon for more than 95 years, the Union Chapel's 1924 organ has been fully restored.
October 10, 2020
Martha’s Vineyard towns are seeing a boom in residential construction projects, as building demands soar both up-Island and down.
October 8, 2020
Under picture perfect blue skies the Edgartown waterfront and harbor waters were buzzing with activity.
October 6, 2020
The Island of Martha's Vineyard is just as beautiful from the air as it is by land or by sea.
October 5, 2020
The year is in transition and the talk of the Island these days is of change, of the last two weeks of the derby, of the coming of warmer autumn days and the slow turning of foliage.
October 4, 2020
There are myriad reasons why so many fishermen and women enter the month-long derby, and few of those reasons have to do with the rich array of prizes.
October 3, 2020
The historic hangar at the Katama Airfield was demolished this week. Completed in 1945, the original hangar was built almost entirely with scrap materials from buildings destroyed in a hurricane the year before.
October 2, 2020
Schools on the Island continue to phase back into the classroom over the course of the fall.
September 29, 2020
Menemsha is a fishing paradise, known around the Island for its strong tides and water teeming with bonito and bluefish. For many a surfcaster and flyfisher there is no other place to be on a September night than the Menemsha jetties.
September 29, 2020
Up to 800 people are still being tested every week at the TestMV site — down only by a small amount from the approximately 1,000 people weekly during the summer.
September 28, 2020
At the Martha's Vineyard Glassworks gallery customers stream in to browse the shop’s selection of colorful bowls and vases, while glassmiths work away by the firey furnaces.
September 28, 2020
Around us, the natural world is responding to seasonal changes. Birds are migrating, poison ivy vines along woodland paths are turning crimson and caterpillars are on the move.
September 27, 2020
In this year of unrest, Vineyarders calling for justice in the Breonna Taylor case took their signs and voices to five Corners demanding action.
September 26, 2020
Steve Jones has spent his hours after work down by the drawbridge creating an art installation by balancing rocks into cairns alongside the Lagoon.
September 26, 2020