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The arrival of the new year last Friday on the first tick after midnight offered an opportunity to look ahead with hope of improving on times just past.
The year 2020 brought a global pandemic, an Islandwide lockdown, protests against racial injustice, a summer like no other, economic turmoil, and a historic presidential election.
In 2020 the Vineyard said goodbye to Islanders of many stripes. Readers are welcome and encouraged to add more names in the comment section.
Vineyard artists decided not to write off 2020. The months since March have revealed an Island scene that rewarded audiences with innovative new ways to engage with the arts.
Monday was the winter solstice, when the triumph of darkness over light is complete.
Winters takes its turn and the falcons are restless, just like you.
Much as a song grows out of the silence, the lights of Christmas are also with us again, illuminating this darkest moment in the year. It's a simple enough trick, really, but somehow it's always new. The lights speak to us from out of the darkness with a message of promise and of renewal.
In a history-making moment, director of emergency room medicine Dr. Karen Casper — who has battled the virus since March on the Island’s front lines — received the Island’s first dose of coronavirus vaccine early Thursday morning.
Santa, smiles and holiday spirit are everywhere on the Vineyard as Christmas quickly approaches.
In towns and fields, early mornings or the twinkle of twilight, on dusky dirt paths or well-heeled roads, the journey unfolds, one day at a time.
On Friday nights on Main street in Vineyard Haven the snow falls no matter what the temperature is, turning the town into a winter wonderland, courtesy some well-place snow machines.
The gift of nature has already been given, wrapped in early sunsets, the crunch of sand beneath brawny boots, trees waving hello from the horizon line.
Island elves light up Ocean Park in Oak Bluffs as the holiday season begins.
The time of the gathering of the harvest is past, and all that remains of Thanksgiving are leftovers.
The poet Elizabeth Coatsworth wrote "The fires burn And the kettle sing, And earth sinks to rest Until next spring."
On Tuesday, the Chilmark School held their annual Thanksgiving Turkey Trot.