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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.
It's the time of year when everyone want to get the blues — bluefish, that is, along with, false albacore and bonito.
The year begins to turn and this week of school openings tells us so. School days remind us that the month of September always returns the community to a more serious side of Island life, to those essential Vineyard issues that stretch far beyond the rush of summer.
As Labor Day arrives and the traditional summer exodus begins, all roads lead to the Steamship Authority where the lines are long and the boats are sold out in one direction only: to the mainland.
Labor Day weekend sneaked up this year and caught the Island unawares.
On Saturday, the Vineyard was invited back to peruse Alley's General Store after a summer of refurbishing.
The mainland has its shopping malls, but the Vineyard has its summer markets, and we like to think the Island got the better end of the deal.
Suddenly it's time to say goodbye to summer friends and house guests, time to send college students packing and to ease the jitters of high school freshmen.
They say those sultry August weeks are the dog days of summer. We're just glad to have our faithful companions with us.