Holiday color is everywhere.
Timothy Johnson
Title: Holiday Hopeful
An immature Cooper's Hawk.
Lanny McDowell
Title: Autumnal Climate Change
Julia MacNelly and Tom Ellis will head to Serbia in January to make a documentary film about refugees.
Mark Alan Lovewell
Title: Going to the Heart of the Refugee Crisis, Camera in Hand
Brett Fisher takes the reins during Sunday ride in Vineyard Haven. His grandfather Fred Fisher began the hayride tradition.
Alison L. Mead
Title: Horse-Drawn Hayrides Are Return to Tradition
Swath of bare oaks in West Tisbury is legacy of winter moths from past years.
Mark Lovewell
Title: Winter Moths Concern Landowners, Confound Scientists
In Edgartown district court, some drunk driving cases are being overturned because of a past procedural misstep.
Mark Lovewell
Title: Using Loophole, Attorneys Target Old Drunk Driving Cases
On the Vineyard in the early 1980s.
Peter Simon
Title: Looking Back to Look Forward, Carly Simon Finds Her Chorus
Original Spotlight team celebrates a Pulitzer Prize. The author, Tim Leland, at far left, being baptized by Boston Globe editor Tom Winship.
Courtesy Timothy Leland
Title: How the Spotlight Team First Shined
Mark Alan Lovewell
Title: Storm Brewing? Open a Good Book
Timothy Johnson
Title: Surf's Up at 101? Now That's a Gift
Up-Island school committee wants to change the way school choice funds are allocated.
Heather Hamacek
Title: School Leaders Debate How to Divide the Pie on School Choice Funds
New parking lot and roadway are on the drawing board for Squibnocket Beach.
Albert O. Fischer
Title: Squibnocket Beachfront Restoration Project Inches Forward
Artist Jay Lagemann (left) and Milo Silva worked to take down the sculpture on Wednesday this week.
Alex Elvin
Title: Menemsha Swordfish Sculpture Dismantled for Refurbishing
Although the story of the whaleship Essex is now familiar to many, less well known is that one-third of the Essex's crew was black.
Couresty Mystic Seaport
Title: Black Whaling Captains Led the Way
Timothy Johnson
Title: Bead Business
Mark Alan Lovewell
Title: Cool Cole Crops
American oystercatcher.
Lanny McDowell
Title: Christmas Bird Count Is Almost Here
Park and rec committee will be charged with overseeing key town properties like the newly refurbished Gay Head Light.
Timothy Johnson
Title: Aquinnah Revives Parks and Recreation Committee
Capt. Greg Mayhew and his iconic dragger Unicorn.
Alison Mead
Title: Unicorn Leaves Her Home Port, This Time for Good
For Maurice Young, the support group provided much needed financial support and also information on traveling off-Island for treatment options.
Mark Alan Lovewell
Title: Cancer Support Group Helps Islanders in Need
Timothy Johnson
Title: Christmas Moon
Sixth annual friendship lunch sponsored by Brazilian history class at regional high school.
Mark Lovewell
Title: Brazilian Friendship Lunch Bridges Cultural Divides
Ty Arieta, two and a half, meets Santa at the Kelley House as his mother Alexa looks on.
Alison L. Mead
Title: With Parade, Cheer, and Even Santa, Christmas Comes to Edgartown
More than 100 people gathered at Hebrew Center for celebration on the sixth night of Hanukkah, the festival of lights.
Mark Lovewell
Title: Celebrating Miracles at Hebrew Center Hanukkah Party
Student stress takes many forms, from the everyday to the extreme.
Mark Alan Lovewell
Title: Island Not Immune as Anxiety Issues Increase Among Students of All Ages
Susan Lanspery of the Heller School for Social Policy and Management.
Mark Lovewell
Title: Seniors Respond to Healthy Aging Survey With Vigor