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It happened yesterday. The vernal equinox, meaning equal night, confirms our seasonal appointment with spring and hopefully the end of an Island winter.
March 20, 2021
This is the third year for unified athletics at the Martha’s Vineyard Regional High School, which brings Vineyard students with and without disabilities together for a true team experience.
March 20, 2021
March. It’s a quixotic month. Some days it smiles in the way of spring and makes the pussy willows and the snowdrops bloom and the forsythia edge toward budding.
March 13, 2021
On the Edgartown Harbor there is always some activity among the white caps and circling birds. The search for bay scallops and oysters is for the rugged, as the winter winds blow and the boat plows forward for one last tow.
March 9, 2021
Those of us who remain enjoy our reduced numbers, note the closed cafes and coffeehouses, and take a walk on the winter beach by ourselves.
March 8, 2021
As much as ancient sayings are to be revered, there's a lot to be said for March settling in like a lamb.
March 7, 2021
They are the commuters traveling for work, Islanders heading off for appointments on the mainland, or others just getting an early start.
March 2, 2021
These days and weeks of a slow Island pace, with the hours of daylight gradually increasing and the bite of winter balanced by the foretaste of spring, are perfect for solitary pursuits.
February 28, 2021
Now the path of the new year leads us into February, another month that has its whole being in the season of winter.
February 26, 2021
Resident winter birds are plentiful in February during the stretch between winter and spring, and northbound migrants begin to arrive.
February 23, 2021
The light lingers well past five o'clock now, and the late day sky is streaked with fuchsia punctuated by scudding, slate-colored clouds.
February 21, 2021
All was calm as snow fell on the Vineyard Thursday and Friday, turning the Island into a Currier and Ives backdrop.
February 20, 2021
So far the Vineyard winter has been manageable – hardly mild, but certainly less intimidating than some in recent memory.
February 14, 2021
As snowstorms go, this one was well timed, arriving before the Super Bowl with generous warning from weather forecasters.
February 11, 2021
Who says you can't downhill ski on the Vineyard?
February 9, 2021
The Sunday snowflakes danced with the statues at the Field Gallery, covered stacked lobster pots in Menemsha, and clung to sheep's thick wool coats.
February 8, 2021