Year in and out, the Vineyard explodes in color in May. As May opens, the world comes alive again. Spring has arrived.
Year in and out, the Vineyard explodes in color in May. As May opens, the world comes alive again. Spring has arrived.
It is early in June that we again become besotted with light, the longer into the evening the better.
Members of the Vineyard community marked Memorial Day with a parade to honor all those who have died in service to the country.
Memorial Day weekend is here, the ferries are full, the shops open, and the streets crowded as everyone officially says goodbye to the off-season.
On Friday Vineyard school children walked to the sea, to the water’s edge where they set an appropriate tone for this long holiday weekend.
The best indication of May's arrival is color: the pink flowers of cherry trees, red tulips and white picket fences, drifts of bright yellow daffodils, and the vibrant emerald green of lawns and farm fields.
Stepping off from the Tisbury School, students made their way through town, heading up Main street toward Owen Park for their annual march to the sea to honor those lost on Memorial Day.
Songs, solemn words, and flowers paid tribute to the fallen servicemen and women who served our country in the Edgartown School's Memorial Day salute
Chilmark School students gathered at Coast Guard Station Menemsha, where Coast Guard officers explained the significance of Memorial Day and then joined them on the march down to the harbor.
The Island is quiet before the sun rises over Nantucket Sound on these magical Vineyard mornings in May. Soon the workforce will head out and morning walkers will tie up their laces and take their morning constitutional walk as the chorus of birdsong begins.
The Island rushes on, into this holiday weekend that marks the unofficial opening a new season, the beginning of yet another public love affair with Martha’s Vineyard.
Martha’s Vineyard Regional High School students staged a walkout at noon Thursday in solidarity with the victims of the school shooting in Uvalde, Tex.
The Memorial Wharf project which began last fall and includes raising the wharf by about a foot and a half continues. It is expected to be completed mid June now.
May brings a flurry of avian activity, with the arrival of colorful songbirds and distinctive shorebirds.
With a beautifully warm May day and a sparkling Edgrtown harbor as a backdrop, students at Martha's Vineyard Regional High School gathered Saturday before the senior prom.
The Martha’s Vineyard Film Festival has carved out a comfortable spring niche with its casual approach to presenting new independent movies.
Suddenly May is rushing by and the lady slippers have begun to poke through the woodlands which are now spongy and wet from spring rains.