The Flying Horses carousel opened its 150th season on Saturday, and hundreds of kids and parents flocked to the carousel to wait in line, choose a horse, and reach for the coveted brass ring that allows for an extra ride free of charge.
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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
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