Seven Grey Barn cows made the most of a summer afternoon last week, escaping their grassy pastures on Blue Barque Road to enjoy a waterside sunset while romping on the soft sands of Chilmark Pond.
More than 500 miles into his solo paddleboarding expedition from South Carolina to Martha’s Vineyard, Adam Nagler is starting to feel the weight of his journey.
Poor air quality resulting from elevated ozone levels on Martha’s Vineyard may pose a risk to sensitive groups, according to an air quality advisory released by the Massachusetts Department of Environmental Protection Friday.
MVCyano, a coalition of local boards of health and the Great Pond Foundation, has issued “red-grade” cyanobacteria bloom advisories in Chilmark Pond, Tisbury Great Pond, James Pond and a pond at Mink Meadows.
Upon approaching the pigpen at North Tabor Farm, a visitor will encounter two sensations: the faint ammoniac smell of swinish manure, and the cacophonous duet of squeaks, chirps and hisses of the farm’s two defense geese, Lucy and Lorenzo.
Questions about the wellbeing of the Martha’s Vineyard Land Bank goat herd were raised at a meeting this week between land bank staff, Island animal control officers and the Martha’s Vineyard Agricultural Society.
