Now in full bloom of pale lavender, deep purple and white, lilacs belong first of all to springtime on the Vineyard and only then to the rest of New England.
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In early April, without any fanfare, the Vineyard lost its only traffic signal.
April 18, 2013
The sun came out in Chilmark Saturday, and everyone headed to the beach. Including a seal who basked in the warmth.
April 13, 2013
Fresh off a star-making appearance at the West Tisbury annual town meeting, the set of the West Tisbury School's play takes its rightful place as a backdrop to the young thespians performing You're a Good Man Charlie Brown.
April 11, 2013
Martha's Vineyard Figure Skating Club celebrates its 25th anniversary with A Skate Down Memory Lane.
April 11, 2013
Poems, pot, fuel docks and somewhere in the sewers - it was Super Tuesday on Martha's Vineyard. West Tisbury, Edgartown, Oak Bluffs and Tisbury voters participate in democracy at their annual town meetings.
April 10, 2013
On Palm Sunday, Vineyard Gardens and Heather Gardens welcomed visitors with open houses full of spring colors and sweet treats.
April 3, 2013
Whether at the beach in Edgartown, the rolling hills of Aquinnah or the fields of the agricultural hall in West Tisbury, there were no shortage of Easter eggs hidden throughout the Island Sunday morning — and plenty of children dressed in their best searching for them, too.
March 31, 2013
The famous Flying Horses carousel opened for the its 129th season on Island Saturday. The oldest carousel in the nation, it has been as a national landmark. The horses were originally built on Cony Island in 1884 by Charles Dare and then shipped to the Vineyard.
March 30, 2013
It's a sign of the season, and a tasty one, too.
March 23, 2013
Once a year, the Trustees of Reservations opens up the 140-acre Squibnocket Point Reservation for a guided walk, part of the Saving Special Places winter walking series. Led by Trustees Island educator Molly Peach, a group of about 20 people toured the two mile scenic shoreline.
March 22, 2013
Edgartown School sixth-grader Alexis Condon won the regional spelling bee on Friday after correctly spelling the word "lithe" to beat out the reamining competitors.
March 22, 2013
More than eight inches of snow fell in some parts of the Island on Thursday, the first full day of Spring. Though the roads were messy overnight and the plows busy, by Friday morning blue sky had emerged, creating a picturesque blue and white landscape.
March 22, 2013
Artist Margot Datz has spent the past three months recreating a 22-by-60 foot trompe l'oeil mural at the Old Whaling Church in Edgartown using 24 shades of gray. The original mural, dating back to the 1840s, had faded and was previously lost to time.
March 21, 2013
Spring has sprung at the Farm Institute, which recently welcomed nearly a dozen lambs, with more on the way.
March 18, 2013
Hundreds of people turned out Saturday to take advantage of free skin cancer, hearing and cholestoral screenings and refloxology demonstrations at the Martha's Vineyard Hospital's annual health fair.
March 18, 2013
It's just a wee, small thing — no bigger than a leprechaun, really. But the second annual St. Patrick's Day parade, held Sunday morning in Edgartown, packed plenty of punch. Children, bagpiers and Irish dancers made their way through the streets, spreading joy and sharing in all things green.
March 17, 2013