Nature & Science
Lambert’s Cove Road on the Vineyard Haven end has been closed until further notice, Tisbury town officials said Friday. Heavy rain is in the forecast for Saturday, and the road has already suffered a washout.
At a special presentation to the Martha’s Vineyard Commission Thursday, Dr. Phil Duffy spelled out the grave state of the global climate crisis for the planet.
The brightest planet in the western skies, Venus is moving away from the planet Saturn.
This weekend begins the Christmas Bird Count season across the United States, which occurs annually between Dec. 14 and Jan. 5.
German Chancellor Angela Merkel shares a compulsion with rodents and birds. She is a self-proclaimed hoarder.
Longtime Sweet Neck Farm oysterman Jack Blake has a new business partner, with selectmen voting to add resident Dan Gilkes to Mr. Blake’s aquaculture lease at their meeting Monday.
Almanac
A comprehensive guide to weather and tides on the Island.
Vineyard Gardener
I guess this past week weather-wise is called a January thaw. We did not really experience it the last several years as December was unseasonably warm.
Farm & Field
Beige and brown and tan and black, with horns spiraled or semicircular or in undulating waves, a legion of goats marched up the hill toward us, bleating in anticipation of fresh grass and leaves.