On any given summer day, the Vineyard’s year-round population is boosted by tens of thousands of people. For some, an Island visit is a novelty, a chance to see what the media fuss is all about, perhaps to gawk at celebrities.

July 7, 2024

After the parade, after dinner, after ice cream, all eyes turned to the skies above Edgartown harbor for the town's annual Fourth of July fireworks display. Islanders and visitors headed to beachs, town streets, porches and the waterfront to view the rockets' red glare.

July 6, 2024

The floats were out in force in this year's Fourth of July parade, from fire trucks and classic cars to the Scottish Society in kilts and playing the bagpipes to Camp Jabberwocky which decorated their red bus with a cardboard cut-out of the Olympic Rings.

July 4, 2024

July Fourth celebrations in Oak Bluffs centered around the Camp Ground for the annual children’s parade.

July 4, 2024

Stepping off to the sound of the McDonald Canon, the convoy of eclectic cars and trucks in the Aquinnah Kids Parade featured all kinds of patriotic decorations and enthusiastic passengers.

July 4, 2024

Polar Bears gathered at Inkwell Beach in a friendship circle for their traditional Fourth of July holiday swim in Nantucket Sound.

July 4, 2024

The Dock Dance Band (made up of John Stanwood, Jamie Greene, Alex Karalekas, Niko Ewing, Adam Petkus and Rose Guerin) returned to their old stomping ground to open the season and play for a packed Memorial Wharf crowd.

July 4, 2024

Tomorrow brings a small turn of the calendar page, but a giant leap for the whole Island community. For Monday brings July, and July begins the grand journey we call Vineyard summer.

June 30, 2024

Now migrating shorebirds return as the calendar turns its page to June. Birders have crowded Island ponds and beaches as ruddy turnstones, short-billed dowitchers, red knots, sandpipers, and dunlin return to their summer homes.

June 28, 2024

Two Vineyard teams are still in competition and on Monday the 11-years-old-and-under team hosted Barnstable in what turned out to be a nail-biter until the very last out.

June 25, 2024

Camp Jabberwocky counselors dressed in high style to greet July campers as they arrived by ferry. After hugs and hellos they all headed up to camp to begin a busy month of activities, beach trips and a summer play.

June 24, 2024

This year is the third annual Juneteenth Jubilee celebration on the Vineyard, focused in Oak Bluffs, a historically popular Black destination.

June 24, 2024

The heralds are all about, from migrating birds to bridal wreath. While we weren’t looking, the trees have come into stronger leaf, although the scrub oak still lacks its summer raiment.

June 24, 2024

Fashionistas turned out at the Tabernacle Saturday to celebrate Clothes to Go. Island models showed off fine, fun, and funky fashions from the Clothes to Go collection.

June 23, 2024

On the Vineyard in June, the distant sun is just about the only thing that finds time to stand still. On the Island, 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 23, 2024

The Edgartown Village Market debuted Tuesday in the lower garden of the Dr. Daniel Fisher House, featuring vendors selling food and beverages, flowers and goods from local artisans.

June 18, 2024

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