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Every fall, the Vineyard is seized by fishing fever as one of the East Coast’s best known saltwater fishing tournaments gets underway. Casting under a full moon
As the season turns from summer to fall, summer bird residents start to depart for their winter homes.
It was a sparkling day for the Pat West Gaff Rig and Schooner Race.
On Sunday morning, kids and their parents were up early to take advantage of fishing on the Oak Bluffs Steamship Wharf.
Edgartown harbor sparkled brilliantly in the sun Saturday afternoon as families from the Vineyard and beyond gathered for the annual ceremony of remembrance at the Edgartown Lighthouse Children’s Memorial, where small, engraved granite cobblestones honor hundreds of young lives lost.
Cross country runners representing schools from across the region competed in the fourteenth Annual Martha’s Vineyard Invitational Saturday at the regional high school.
In the hint of a cool September breeze is the wafting of the waning summer. The breeze arrives on the southern shore of the Island, pushing seven-foot swells onto the beach. The breeze winds through the beach grass and slips away through rosa rugosa.
Well over a hundred people gathered at the Edgartown School to pay tribute to former principal Ed Jerome. Mr.
Call them the last days of summer or the first days before the official arrival of fall. A traveler may find a certain seasonal confusion in these September days of high blue ocean skies and nights when bright star patterns dip low enough to touch.
Derby fishermen are back at Wasque Point, on the southeastern tip of Chappaquiddick, casting into the churning rip current where bluefish and other species feed on the smaller fish that get trapped.
When the swells come in, Islanders head to Squibnocket to chase as many waves as they can get.
The Holmes Hole Sailing Association sponsored the 44th running of the George Moffett Race on Saturday, Sept. 11.
The wind festival delights each September as the winds pick up and everyone heads to Ocean Park with all manner of wind-related flyers — kites, Frisbees, even bubbles.
First weigh-in for the 76th Martha's Vineyard Striped Bass and Bluefish Derby took place from 8 to 10 a.m. on Sunday morning. Weigh-ins are everday, down at the Edgartown Harbor, from 8 to 10 a.m. and 8 to 10 p.m.
Around the island, fire and police and first responders remembered the tragedy of 9/11 on the 20th anniversary of the terrorist attacks.
The signs of a changing season are everywhere. The crowds grow thinner and the choke of traffic becomes less aggravating. An occasional parking spot pops open here and there. Water temperatures stay warm enough to invite swimmers to a shoreline less crowded.