Winter avian residents arrive and the occasional rare birds move through the Island in December, as winter begins.
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The pace of life always quickens as Christmas draws near. To-do lists grow longer and days grow shorter, and the spirit of the season is often lost amid the flurry of activity that marks a Vineyard December.
December 9, 2019
The Island is full of bright light and spirit, and everywhere on the Vineyard the message is the same. The holiday season on the Vineyard begins. Travel the brightly decorated main streets of our villages and you will find the rhythm of Island life changing.
December 9, 2019
A large holiday crowd of kids wearing red antlers and parents sipping hot cocoa filled Post Office Square Wednesday evening for the annual Oak Bluffs tree lighting.
December 5, 2019
This morning the Island had its first real snowfall. The day dawned slate gray, the air was still. Then the first few flakes began to fall.
December 3, 2019
We began the celebration by giving thanks for all the good things of the earth, and for our enjoyment of them in this season of harvest. Then, at some point in the feast, came the moment when we amaze ourselves by somehow finding room for that slice of pumpkin pie.
December 1, 2019
Bundled up to battle the chilly wind, hundreds of Islanders and visitors flocked to Felix Neck Wildlife Sanctuary in Edgartown Friday for the 39th annual fall festival.
November 30, 2019
From the Steamship wharf to the Lagoon Pond drawbridge, decades old, family-owned businesses line the Vineyard Haven waterfront.
November 27, 2019
Fall is surely a favorite season for Vineyard walking. The golds in the woods are gleaming, the reds are extravagantly bold, the huckleberry bushes and cranberry bogs are crimson. Ponds glimmer deep blue and skies are crystal clear when the sun shines.
November 26, 2019
With Thanksgiving just days away the Fall Farmers' Market was bustling.
November 25, 2019
November brings cooler weather and the arrival of winter residents, especially waterfowl. Transient migrants continue to be found, including some summer resident species, though they appear in newer numbers.
November 24, 2019
Now is the season for a catching of breath, a pause for reflection, a counting of blessings. On the Vineyard we are in that heartbeat between the summer from which we are still recovering and the holidays about to rush upon us.
November 24, 2019
Now is the time for leisurely drives on roads where traffic is the exception, not the rule, down lanes that are deserted in the chill of deepening autumn. Most of all, it is the time for walks.
November 17, 2019
The Island honored its veterans on Monday, Nov. 11 with a parade in Oak Bluffs and a display of patriotic pride at the Avenue of Flags in Vineyard Haven.
November 11, 2019
The Cardboard Box was filled with Islanders and musicians to help Sabrina Luening, a well-known singer who was airlifted to Boston after suffering a stroke.
November 10, 2019
November is the month the Island season truly turns, and the sensations of change are as vivid and dramatic as the advent of summer. The hours of daylight grow ever shorter, and even the sunniest day begins in gray mists.
November 10, 2019
Pumpkins were carved, costumes were made, and plans were made. Unfortunately Mother Nature had other plans for Halloween.
November 4, 2019