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Edgartown's streets were a vision of red, white and blue with decorated floats and parade-goers in patriotic dress as the Vineyard celebrated the nation's birthday with the annual Fourth of July parade.
July 4, 2022
Stepping off to the sound of the McDonald Canon, the convoy of eclectic cars and trucks in the Aquinnah Kids Parade featured all kinds of patriotic decorations and enthusiastic passengers, along with some political statements.
July 4, 2022
Postcard-perfect weather brought people out in a celebratory mood, filling downtowns, beaches, and harbors on the Fourth of July.
July 4, 2022
The sun rose on the morning of July Fourth, and the Vineyard starts the day with morning walks, coffee, and waking up late from weekend festivities. Summer crowds have filled the Island for the Fourth of July holiday, flags are flying and families are gathering.
July 4, 2022
The Martha's Vineyard Women's Softball League anchors a cherished postion at Veteran’s Park. It is slow-pitch and at-bats are played with two balls and three strikes.
June 30, 2022
Situated just north of Cuttyhunk and Nashawena, Penikese is a state-owned island in Gosnold spanning 75 acres. The island is inhabited by gulls, oystercatchers, terns, snakes and rabbits. Very few trees grace its hilly plains, and rocks lace its jagged shores.
June 29, 2022
Vineyard schools closed their lockers for the year today. Bring on the popsicles, baseball games, and summer reading!
June 27, 2022
On Saturday at the Evening of Discovery, the Martha’s Vineyard Museum’s annual opening of summer party and fundraiser, white flags billowed on stately sailcloth tents, and festive lights twinkled under the tent’s ceilings.
June 27, 2022
The Vineyard sailing season has begun. The ever popular Round-the-Island race set sail at the Edgartown Yacht Club this weekend.
June 27, 2022
June is the on-ramp for the Vineyard's swift passage through summer, the month when the pieces that make up the busy mosaic of summer life here fall into place and the full picture begins to take shape.
June 26, 2022
Islanders gathered at Five Corners Saturday to protest the Supreme Court ruling overturning Roe v. Wade, sparking demonstrations on the Vineyard and across the nation.
June 25, 2022
June is the month of bursting colors and beguiling aromas, and now we are on the threshold of summer.
June 25, 2022
Martha’s Vineyard Public Charter School students debuted Peter Pan and the Quest to Save Neverland, a reinvention of J. M. Barrie’s classic play that will travel next summer to Edinburgh’s Fringe Festival.
June 23, 2022
Now migrating shorebirds return as the calendar turns its page to June. Birders have crowded Island ponds and beaches as ruddy turnstones, short-billed dowitchers, red knots, sandpipers, and dunlin return to their summer homes.
June 21, 2022
Juneteenth was celebrated this weekend on the Vineyard as a weekend-long jubilee. Events included musical performances at the Tabernacle, historians discussing slavery and emancipation, and a sampling of foods from a gospel brunch to a tasting from Island black and indigenous chefs.
June 20, 2022