Annual Holiday Light Display Brightens Oak Bluff's Ocean Park.
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The refrigerator has worn a sheen of water for more than a week. Every envelope in the house has sealed itself shut. The smallest household chore generates a sweat; the outdoor shower is working overtime, and the towels never seem to dry.
July 14, 2024
Summer hay is being cut and baled. Swallows swoop around the farm fields, feasting on crickets and insects in the afternoon sun. Beach days and long swims are a day-long affair. And grills are cooking up tonight's dinner. July is here and we are loving it.
July 12, 2024
The months-long project to replace the aging roof of the Tabernacle in the Camp Ground of Oak Bluffs came to a close in June.
July 11, 2024
The Tisbury Street Fair that was held last night is an annual summer celebration, crowded and casual, that brings all manner of people together. But it marks a moment in history as well, for it was on July 8 in 1671 that Tisbury was allowed to incorporate. The street fair is a birthday party, and...
July 9, 2024
Friends and family of Chilmark Preschool founding director Chris Abrams gathered in the childrens musical garden for the unveiling of a plaque honoring her designed by Barney Zeitz.
July 8, 2024
On any given summer day, the Vineyard’s year-round population is boosted by tens of thousands of people. For some, an Island visit is a novelty, a chance to see what the media fuss is all about, perhaps to gawk at celebrities.
July 7, 2024
After the parade, after dinner, after ice cream, all eyes turned to the skies above Edgartown harbor for the town's annual Fourth of July fireworks display. Islanders and visitors headed to beachs, town streets, porches and the waterfront to view the rockets' red glare.
July 6, 2024
The floats were out in force in this year's Fourth of July parade, from fire trucks and classic cars to the Scottish Society in kilts and playing the bagpipes to Camp Jabberwocky which decorated their red bus with a cardboard cut-out of the Olympic Rings.
July 4, 2024
July Fourth celebrations in Oak Bluffs centered around the Camp Ground for the annual children’s parade.
July 4, 2024
Stepping off to the sound of the McDonald Canon, the convoy of eclectic cars and trucks in the Aquinnah Kids Parade featured all kinds of patriotic decorations and enthusiastic passengers.
July 4, 2024
Polar Bears gathered at Inkwell Beach in a friendship circle for their traditional Fourth of July holiday swim in Nantucket Sound.
July 4, 2024
The Dock Dance Band (made up of John Stanwood, Jamie Greene, Alex Karalekas, Niko Ewing, Adam Petkus and Rose Guerin) returned to their old stomping ground to open the season and play for a packed Memorial Wharf crowd.
July 4, 2024
Tomorrow brings a small turn of the calendar page, but a giant leap for the whole Island community. For Monday brings July, and July begins the grand journey we call Vineyard summer.
June 30, 2024
Now migrating shorebirds return as the calendar turns its page to June. Birders have crowded Island ponds and beaches as ruddy turnstones, short-billed dowitchers, red knots, sandpipers, and dunlin return to their summer homes.
June 28, 2024
Two Vineyard teams are still in competition and on Monday the 11-years-old-and-under team hosted Barnstable in what turned out to be a nail-biter until the very last out.
June 25, 2024
Camp Jabberwocky counselors dressed in high style to greet July campers as they arrived by ferry. After hugs and hellos they all headed up to camp to begin a busy month of activities, beach trips and a summer play.
June 24, 2024