Winter avian residents arrive and the occasional rare birds move through the Island in December, as winter begins.
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Chilmark students gathered at Coast Guard Station Menemsha, where Coast Guard officers spoke and then joined them on the march down to the harbor. Students read prepared words, performed Taps and tossed flowers into the sea to remember the fallen.
May 24, 2019
In its grassy hollow across the street from Alley's General Store in downtown West Tisbury, the Field Gallery has gone from oddity to up-Island institution, from a curiosity to a lively landmark of the Vineyard arts scene.
May 23, 2019
Women's rights advocates gathered at Five Corners in Vineyard Haven Tuesday to protest laws passed by states in recent weeks to restrict access to abortions.
May 22, 2019
Cows are out in Chilmark fields, happily munching fresh green grass. Baby birds are hatching, the leaves are unfurling and the fish are here. Forsythia have faded, and now purple lilacs and white beach plum blossoms claim the landscape.
May 21, 2019
Coast Guard tour at Station Menemsha included a helicoptor landing, tours of the aircraft, boats and offices, and getting to know the coasties who keep us safe on the water.
May 19, 2019
Baltimore orioles and finches decorate bird feeders with their brilliant oranges and yellows. A cardinal trills loudly outside the Gazette newsroom.
May 19, 2019
Edgartown celebrated Mother's Day weekend with the annual dog parade organized by the Animal Shelter of Martha's Vineyard.
May 14, 2019
Any observer of the human scene would have to admit that this week has brought a dramatic acceleration in practically every aspect of Island life.
May 12, 2019
The Charter School embraces the journey of the Hobbit, performing the classic tale on Friday, May 10 at 6 p.m. and Saturday, May 11 at 2 p.m. and 6 p.m.
May 7, 2019
Restoring Lobsterville Beach: Volunteers turned out for beach grass planting project sponsored by the Wampanoag tribe natural resources department.
May 7, 2019
Dockside, farmside, brookside, harborside, pondside, roadside, leeside, sunnyside - it's still rock and roll to me.
May 4, 2019
Baseball diamonds around the Island were busy on Saturday for Little League opening day. From T-ball to the Major League, boys and girls of all sizes, along with their parents and grandparents, embraced a new season of baseball fever.
April 29, 2019
Goodbye April, hello May. Goodbye showers, hello flowers. Goodbye gray, hello green. Goodbye quiet, hello hustle and bustle. Goodbye closed, hello open.
April 27, 2019
This year marked the 27th annual Vineyard Conservation Society beach cleanup, and included more than two dozen beaches.
April 20, 2019
Each spring, with its arrival, reminds us that while our miseries are bounded in time, bliss knows no such limits. Whether the central focus of our celebration is Easter, Passover or the reckless beauty of a sunstruck spring day, the text for this weekend is one and the same.
April 17, 2019
The osprey are back, pinkletinks are singing, and April showers fall on white pines and choppy harbors.
April 17, 2019