Winter avian residents arrive and the occasional rare birds move through the Island in December, as winter begins.
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This year more than $2.2 million awards were given out during the class night ceremony at the Tabernacle in Oak Bluffs.
June 10, 2019
On the Vineyard, June does not so much embody summer as it does our transition into that exciting season, and of all the transitions the Island seasons bring, this is the most challenging.
June 9, 2019
At Allen Farm barn in Chilmark, 76 heavy-fleeced Corriedales received their annual shearing.
June 8, 2019
Each year Martha's Vineyard Magazine asks its readers to vote for the best and brightest in local food, shopping, entertainment, outdoor adventures, and more. The results are in, and last night awards were handed out at Farm Neck to enthusiastic partygoers.
June 7, 2019
There is something timeless – and therefore reassuring – in a Vineyard beach as the air warms again and invites return to the ocean's edge.
June 5, 2019
The Sharks are back. The Vineyard's summer baseball league opens up at home against the Valley Bluesox on Wednesday, June 5 at the Shark Tank.
June 4, 2019
Len Butler, Richard Skidmore and International Chimney have undertaken dramatic restorations to the 170-year-old Gay Head Lighthouse that would not have been possible without their foresight five years ago.
June 4, 2019
The Martha's Vineyard Regional High School class of 2019 will graduate Sunday at the Tabernacle. The diverse group of students are remembered at their school as thoughtful, hardworking, and eager to engage in the community around them.
June 3, 2019
Now is the time to replant window boxes and dooryard pots, and replace hardy pansies and Johnny jump-ups with their heat-loving stand-ins: geraniums, impatiens and nasturtiums. Time to put out tomatoes, peppers, eggplant and summer squash in the vegetable garden.
June 2, 2019
Year in and out, the Vineyard explodes in color in May. As May opens, the world comes alive again. Spring has arrived.
May 29, 2019
In May spring migrants arrive weekly on the Vineyard, some passing through and others arriving to nest on the Island.
May 28, 2019
Veterans, police, cub scouts and girl scouts, and Islanders marched down William and Spring streets to the avenue of flags celebrating Memorial Day.
May 27, 2019
The annual Evening for the Arts at the high school gives young artists an opportunity to share their work with the Island community. In corridors and lobbies, displays of photographs, paintings and sketches reached nearly from floor to ceiling.
May 27, 2019
Memorial Day signals a clear turning point in the Island year. The long weekend carries two messages, one official, the other unofficial.
May 26, 2019
As per longstanding tradition Tisbury School students marched from their school, down Main street, to Owen Park Beach to remember fallen veterans by placing flowers in the sea.
May 24, 2019
The journey from the Edgartown School to Memorial Wharf is a longstanding one. Principal John Stevens, who will retire this year, participated when he was a student at the school in the 60s.
May 24, 2019