Winter avian residents arrive and the occasional rare birds move through the Island in December, as winter begins.
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Islanders know the signs of August. Summer light, the smell of a breeze, the sound of cicadas.
August 8, 2020
Lighthouses represent a piece of Island history. They have aided travelers for centuries, guiding them and keeping them safe.
August 7, 2020
Brown sharks, also known as sandbar sharks due to their preferred habitat, are one of the largest and most common coastal sharks native to the Vineyard. The local branch of the Cooperative Shark Tagging program spent a day at Wasque catching and tagging the brown sharks.
August 3, 2020
In the garden black-eyed Susans and rose of Sharon embrace the sun and heat. At the water's edge feeding fish break the surface with small splashes — smiling, perhaps, at the fisherman who got away.
August 1, 2020
Sailors took to the waters on Saturday morning for the annual Round the Island Race, a 52.5 nautical mile journey around the Vineyard. Forty-six boats set of this morning at 8:05 a.m.
August 1, 2020
This weekend serves notice that summer is truly upon us, complete with glittering bright days on the beach and cool evening breezes for cookout comfort.
July 30, 2020
July is prime season for shorebirds and summer residents. It is also the season for baby birds, and adult birds are busy bringing food to their young.
July 29, 2020
On Sunday evening at the Agricultural Society fairgrounds, the Martha’s Vineyard Regional High School class of 2020 stood together for the first time since the school was shut down in early March.
July 27, 2020
Despite the humidity of recent days, this has been an acceptably warm, yet dry summer. It's been nigh perfect weather for our vacationing friends – every day a sunny beach day, every evening a mild delight.
July 25, 2020
Cuttyhunk island, lying seven miles off the coast of Martha’s Vineyard and 14 off New Bedford, is connected to the coast by one ferry line and the services of charter fishermen.
July 21, 2020
The seventh annual Oak Bluffs Bluewater Classic fishing tournament packed the Oak Bluffs harbor over the weekend.
July 20, 2020
We savor summer on the Vineyard much as we listen to a favorite melody.
July 19, 2020
Buckets of flowers, towers of salad greens and oysters for breakfast on a perfect July morning can only mean one thing — the West Tisbury Farmers’ Market is back in a new location and business is bigger than ever.
July 13, 2020
Tucked away off North Road, Menemsha Hills highlights woodland trails and rocky beach.
July 13, 2020
Men lined the seawall in Vineyard Haven Saturday to take a stand against domestic violence.
July 12, 2020
"I just loved sitting still," the narrator of Barbara Kingsolver's book, The Bean Tree, says at one point; and that's the way it is at the beach.
July 12, 2020