Nature & Science
How time flies! It is hard to believe that Friday is Sept. 1.
It shouldn't have been a surprise to find an unanticipated caterpillar last week.
The Edgartown select board voted Monday to send a letter to the state arguing against recent shorebird conservation rules.
The Martha’s Vineyard Land Bank is tightening its pet policy after eight land bank goats were injured in recent dog attacks.
In order to comply with revised state and federal shellfish sanitation rules, the anchorage area along the pond’s boundary with Oak Bluffs has been expanded to about 50 acres. The area will be closed to all shellfishing from April through October.
Even as one system reaches the end of its lifecycle, composting activists on-Island are envisioning a bright future for local organic waste management.
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.