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Island children and their families rose before the sun Saturday morning to claim prime fishing real estate along Duarte’s Pond in West Tisbury.
April 9, 2022
The masterful fish-hunting hawk has returned to Vineyard skies, a sight to make one pause, look up and marvel.
April 7, 2022
Opening day of the Vineyard high school baseball season is a time when winter finally loses the vise-like grip that it's held on us for so long. It's a time for renewal, for hope. We all have a fresh start. All things seem possible.
April 5, 2022
The energy of live theatre returned to the Performing Arts Center this weekend as the regional high school's performance of Les Misérables played to packed houses all weekend long. Accompanied by a 16-piece orchestra the students embraced the hit musical and made it their own.
April 3, 2022
March wandered off, a bit of a lion and a lamb strolling together. And now it is April's turn, often a routine of showers to cede center stage to May and its burst of color. But perhaps this year April will choose a different path, one more inclined to embrace the sunny side of life.
April 2, 2022
It was a blizzard of smiles and armfuls of Dilly Bars at the Dairy Queen's opening day on April 1. For students from the Edgartown School, the end of day bell was a signal to take off running to try and be the first to enter the Dairy Queen doors after a winter hiatus. Sweet relief.
April 2, 2022
Sun, rain, wind, fog, frigid, delightful, gray, blue — spring on the Vineyard is a long and winding road with an ever-changing color scheme and soundtrack of pinkletinks and birdsong, construction site classic rock and downtown buzz. Consider each day a new gift to unwrap.
March 26, 2022
The high school play, Les Miserables, opens at the Performing Arts Center on March 31 and continues through April 2. The story is set in early 19th century France and tells the story of the prisoner Jean Valjean trying to make a life for himself after 19 years in prison. His crime?
March 23, 2022
The $4 million reconstruction project at Memorial Wharf in Edgartown that has been under way all winter hit another milestone this week when the pavilion was lowered into place.
March 23, 2022
As much as ancient sayings are to be revered, there's a lot to be said for March both coming in and going out like a lamb.
March 21, 2022
Spring arrives today and begins unpacking sun rays and breezes for a three-month stay that has been anticipated with eagerness on the Island.
March 20, 2022
Lambing season has begun. It is a Vineyard tradition dating back to colonial times when the wool trade flourished in the Northeast.
March 19, 2022
Crews from Oak Bluffs and Tisbury assisted in the restoration of the Richard Madeiras herring run at the Head of Lagoon Pond. They dug out the silt and reset the ladder.
March 19, 2022
It is March and, as expected, the pace of the northward migration has increased.
March 16, 2022
Today is Daylight Saving time. On the Island are first arrivals: the blooming of crocuses and snowdrops.
March 13, 2022
The Martha’s Vineyard Land Bank added Quenomica Point to its holdings with the purchase of the 21-acre peninsula on the Edgartown Great Pond.
March 8, 2022