Early. That’s the message of the Vineyard these days. Everything’s early and that translates to a kind of seasonal confusion. In the old days we didn’t need a calendar to tell the time of year.
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Barbecues and parades were on the docket as the Fourth of July began on Martha's Vineyard.
July 4, 2017
On the day America celebrates its independence, a small parade streamed through the Camp Ground in Oak Bluffs.
July 4, 2017
Thirty years ago this week, the Vineyard was under siege by developers.
July 3, 2017
This weekend ushers in the month of July, the advent of which comes almost as a surprise. July? Already? We're just past our cold wet spring, and we're not completely prepared for July. Give us another few weeks to get ready. Well, time's up.
July 2, 2017
June 30, 2017
Oak Bluffs is a lively seaside town of colorful gingerbread cottages and grand Victorian summer homes, and is known for its bustling harbor, variety of shops, dining spots and family-friendly activities.
June 29, 2017
Players, parents, grandparents, friends and pets all headed to Penn Field on Saturday for the Little League championship games.
June 26, 2017
It is the romance of the rose, of course, that makes it so important. The gift of a rose, it is said, is a gift of love. Island roses stream over downtown fences, creep along beaches, and decorate edges of farm fields.
June 25, 2017
Armed with mementos and high hopes for summer vacation, Vineyard elementary students celebrated the last day of school Thursday. Teachers and staff waved farewell as students departed in bikes, with parents, or aboard yellow school buses.
June 22, 2017
From barn swallows to hawks and gulls, the baby birds of summer have arrived.
June 21, 2017
Classic car action arrived in Edgartown on Father's Day for the third annual Car-B-Q Classic hosted by the Vineyard Gazette Media Group.
June 19, 2017
Back in the 1970s pick-up whiffle ball games were a regular happening. Time went by until family matriarch Janice Manter wanted to revive the games. Her son Skipper put time into rehabbing the ball field and volunteers fashioned a Fenway Park-like scoreboard and familiar Citgo sign.
June 19, 2017
Vineyarders need no formal seasonal markers to measure where the year stands.
June 15, 2017
The Martha's Vineyard girls tennis team cruised to its third straight Division 3 state championship on Wednesday, defeating Monument Mountain in straight sets, 5-0.
June 15, 2017
This year’s Class Night celebration held on Friday night at the Tabernacle in Oak Bluffs included 171 scholarship donor funds, providing 743 awards exceeding $1,790,728 to graduating seniors and other Island students.
June 12, 2017