Tsoknyi Rinpoche: "The opportunity to practice compassion is always there."
Ray Ewing
Title: Follow the Breath, Watch The Mind, Arrive Home
Elder Aric Mullins and Elder Garret Rushforth outside the LDS church in Vineyard Haven.
Alison Mead
Title: By Foot, Bus and Boat, Mormon Missionaries, Spread the Word
Richard Olsen (standing) commissioned the model and Bert Cresey (seated) built it.
Mark Lovewell
Title: Alice Wentworth Replica Recalls Days When Schooners Ruled
Single-serving plate.
Albert O. Fischer
Title: Bay Scallop Season Is Short, All the More Reason to Savor
Woolly bear caterpillars are known for predicting the severity of our winter weather.
Title: Weather Forecasting
Male and female evening grosbeak at feeder.
Lanny McDowell
Title: Feeder Cleaner
This week was all about hunkering down and battening the hatches. In West Tisbury, the hurricane blew over two beehives belong to the Martha's Vineyard Honey Company. Order was restored to the hives the next day.
James Kozak/Martha's Vineyard Honey Company
Title: Surging
Jesse Sylvia, seated to the right of the man in orange, is contending for the $8.53 million jackpot.
Ray Ewing
Title: West Tisbury's Jesse Sylvia Advances to Final Three in World Series of Poker
The 26-year-old West Tisbury native won $5.29 million in prize money.
Ray Ewing
Title: Islander Jesse Sylvia Takes Second Place in World Series of Poker
Senior captain Rodrigo Honorato maneuvers around Sturgis.
Ivy Ashe
Title: Senior Day a Success for Three Vineyard Teams
Waves washed over Long Point Beach and dunes, spilling into pond.
Trustees of Reservations/Katie O'Donnell
Title: Coastal Erosion Severe Following Island's Brush with Sandy
Surf spills over onto East Chop Drive just before noon today.
Alison Mead
Title: Island Feels Fury From Hurricane Sandy
Black Dog Tavern boards up its harborfront windows Sunday in anticipation of Sandy's arrival.
Alison Mead
Title: Ferries Cancelled, Emergency Managers Mobilize as Hurricane Nears
Hauling boats out of the water at Edgartown Marine.
Ray Ewing
Title: All Eyes on Sandy
Vineyarders gather to watch the third presidential debate at Ken 'n' Beck in Oak Bluffs.
Ivy Ashe
Title: Island Politics Cross Party Lines
Building inspector Leonard Jason Jr.
Mark Lovewell
Title: Zoning Board Backs Building Inspector on Zoia House
Tending her crop.
Jocelyn Filley
Title: Everything's Coming up Dahlias For Tea Lane's Flower Farmer
Richard Andre and Sarah McKay, partners in venture.
Ray Ewing
Title: Island Grown Initiative Unveils Plan to Build Slaughterhouse
Back away slowly; a raised tail indicates a skunk is ready to spray.
Luanne Johnson
Title: Warm Winter, Plenty of Food Lead to Rise in Skunk Population
"It's just plain magical," says Ms. Riggs at her home, the Cleaveland House, in West Tisbury.
Mark Alan Lovewell
Title: In Unexpected Twist, Love Came Late in Life Yet Right on Time
Title: Ode to Soo
Gerry Studds gives flowers to Gratia Harrington.
Alison Shaw
Title: In Politics, Like Life, Every Voice Counts
Timothy Johnson
Title: Halloween Night Sky
Brickyard Great White Fleet.
Courtesy Duncan Caldwell/Harris Collection
Title: These Walls Can Talk, Chilmark Home Reveals Ancient Drawings
Civil rights pioneer Charlayne Hunter-Gault.
Katie Ruppel
Title: School Lessons from Civil Rights Pioneer
Junior Kane Arajo chases the ball.
Ivy Ashe
Title: Field Hockey Tops Nantucket, Soccer Secures Tournament Spot
Nat Benjamin shows off boat, copy of WoodenBoat Magazine.
Mark Lovewell
Title: Charlotte Sails on Waterfront and in Print