Cold though this week has been, it’s not yet time to conclude that the Island is seeing a hard winter in January — certainly the wind has howled, but the trip to Chappaquiddick still requires a ferry ticket, not a sturdy pair of hiking boots.
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The light lingers well past five o'clock now, and the late day sky is streaked with fuchsia punctuated by scudding, slate-colored clouds.
March 19, 2020
"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.
March 16, 2020
More than the weather marks the minds and emotions of Islanders at the turning of the season.
March 15, 2020
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.
March 12, 2020
Tisbury School students got a private performance Tuesday by an internationally acclaimed dance ensemble from Cuba.
March 12, 2020
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.
March 9, 2020
Mild or not, this winter has exacted a dear price from our shores.
March 8, 2020
For those left behind, the beauty of the Island this week was somehow magnified by the quiet corners and empty places. Coffee in the morning at Mocha Mott's or Rose Water is a simple affair. Beach Road between Oak Bluffs and Edgartown belongs to the gulls.
March 1, 2020
Now the path of the new year leads us into February, another month that has its whole being in the season of winter.
February 27, 2020
Resident winter birds are plentiful in February during the stretch between winter and spring, and northbound migrants begin to arrive.
February 27, 2020
Early voting begins today on Martha’s Vineyard in the run-up to the much-watched Super Tuesday presidential primary day next week.
February 24, 2020
On the Island, we measure and treasure the months of quietude, the resting period before the approach to the summer season begins.
February 23, 2020
During the holiday weekend the place to be was the Performing Arts Center for the regional high school's production of Big Fish. Playing four shows to packed house, the cast included nearly 50 students, along with some adults, a live orchestra, a mermaid, an elephant and so much more.
February 17, 2020
Since the darkest days of the winter solstice, more than half an hour of light has already been added to each Island day. Almost two months, already, have been subtracted from the term of this winter.
February 16, 2020
The Ritz serves as the center of it all — making live music one of the few Vineyard activities that are truly year-round and accessible. And Johnny Hoy and the Bluefish are regulars at the Circuit ave club.
February 15, 2020
Vineyard Gazette photographers won five awards for excellence in journalism by the New England Newspaper and Press Association this weekend.
February 10, 2020