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Weathered fishing shacks, stacks of lobster pots and piles of crushed blue mussels, quahaugs and oysters everywhere are the signs you are in Menemsha. People beach, bring their boats in the harbor and kayak in the pond.
September 10, 2022
Cinema enthusiasts and filmmakers mingled outside the film center for the Martha’s Vineyard Film Society’s International Film Festival opening party.
September 9, 2022
It's the time of year when everyone want to get the blues — bluefish, that is, along with false albacore and bonito. The seventy-seventh annual Martha's Vineyard Striped Bass and Bluefish Derby starts at 12:01 a.m.
September 8, 2022
Island students went back to school today and the rhythms of a new year could be seen all over the Vineyard as kids waited at the end of roads and driveways for school buses to arrive, and parents sat in drop-off lines at elementary schools.
September 6, 2022
The crowded Labor Day weekend — on the town and on the beach — brought a sense of normalcy to the Vineyard. Islanders and off-Islanders alike spent Friday through Monday enjoying what they could of it, soaking in the last gasps of a Vineyard summer.
September 5, 2022
The Agricultural Hall opened its doors and fairgrounds to both the West Tisbury Farmers' Market and Labor Day Artisans Festival on Saturday.
September 5, 2022
The traditional end of summer Herreshoff Cup Race included a twist this year, with the Vineyard Haven Yacht Club competing in the race for the first time and playing host.
September 5, 2022
Labor Day weekend sneaked up this year and caught the Island unawares.
September 4, 2022
How is it that August on the Vineyard can be so different from July? It’s all about location in the landscape of summer. July opens the season, and from its vantage point at the near shore of summer, the days seem to extend almost endlessly, with autumn somewhere over the horizon.
August 30, 2022
After Friday night's rains, Beach Road Weekend returned Saturday with concerts at Veterans Park.
August 28, 2022
Today marks the last weekend in August — one last trip to Larsen's Fish Market, another round of golf at Farm Neck, a box of Murdick's fudge to go, a last swim at South Beach.
August 28, 2022
On Friday night Veterans Park in Vineyard Haven was transformed from a quiet softball and soccer field to a full-fledged music festival.
August 27, 2022
August is a time for warm days and fledging birds. Feathered friends also start to disperse after breeding season, while southbound migrants pass through the Vineyard for a visit.
August 25, 2022
More than 100 supporters came out on August 23 to honor the memory of Tavaris and Tavaughn Bulgin.
August 24, 2022
During the dizzying peak of summer, when intersections are thick with cars, celebrity sightings keep Islanders buzzing, and long lines stretch from ice cream counters, post offices and ferry terminals, another line begins to form in West Tisbury on the grounds of the Agricultural Hall for the Mar
August 22, 2022
The rules are simple. You are given two throws with two skillets provided by the fair. You must throw each skillet as far as you can and as close to the line as possible.
August 22, 2022