After a night and morning of steady snowfall, the snow subsided early Sunday afternoon as a winter storm lashed the Vineyard. Ferries to the Vineyard have been canceled for all of Sunday and the Island is a blanket of white after hours of wind-driven snow for the second time in three weeks.

Two of the Earth’s closest neighbors, Mars and Venus, will come together for Valentine’s Day in the nights ahead.

This winter, if nothing else, has been very flaky. The amounts of snow we have received seem rather excessive, but how much has really fallen?

The Trustees of Reservations invites hikers to a guided hike through a special property filled with wetlands, rare habitat and history that leads to a north shore beach.

“It’s all about the food.” This time of year and these icy conditions make this literally true for virtually all of the avian population.

The January storm that brought near-record snowfall and powerful wind gusts to the Vineyard also toppled one of two historic stone chimneys at remote Cape Pogue on Chappaquiddick. On a walk last week Rachel Self found the iconic structure in pieces on the beach.