You can’t be suspicious of a tree, or accuse a bird or a squirrel of subversion or challenge the idea of a violet.
Peter Simon
Title: Chew to Live, Live to Chew
'Tis the season at Vineyard Gardens.
Mark Alan Lovewell
Title: Frosty Sweet, Sugar Beet
Cedar waxwing.
Lanny McDowell
Title: Replace the Invasives
The weather figures are in for November: it was the third wettest month on record.
Mark Alan Lovewell
Title: West Tisbury Town Column: Dec. 7
See our community calendar to keep informed of all our holiday activities.
Mark Alan Lovewell
Title: Vineyard Haven Town Column: Dec. 7
It is my wish that you have a caring and grateful heart, that you will spend time volunteering.
Timothy Johnson
Title: Oak Bluffs Town Column: Dec. 7
If you stand still too long at work this time of year you will be wrapped in white lights.
Mark Alan Lovewell
Title: Edgartown Town Column: Dec. 7
Welcome back to the joys of fresh air and sunlight—although there hasn’t been a lot of it.
Timothy Johnson
Title: Chilmark Town Column: Dec. 7
Do not pack away your blaze orange just yet.
Jeanna Shepard
Title: On Chappy: Dec. 7
Mark Alan Lovewell
Title: Crescent Moon and Saturn
Ron Myrick of Tetra Tech used a map Monday to show areas where wells are being tested for hazardous chemicals.
Mark Alan Lovewell
Title: Airport Officials Confirm Contamination
All calm on the south shore.
Peter Simon
Title: He's My Brother, Always Full of Contagious Wonder
Boys high school hockey team prepares for weekend scrimmages to start the new season.
Mark Alan Lovewell
Title: Winter Sports Season Begins With New League
Lunch at the West Tisbury School was a community affair Thursday.
Albert O. Fischer 3rd
Title: Family-Style School Lunch Invites Community
Firefighting foam is tested every six months at the airport, per FAA regulations. Chemicals from the foam has turned up in wells.
Timothy Johnson
Title: Chemicals From Firefighting Foam Found in Wells Around Airport
Rate hikes were recommended in a report presented to selectmen that was drawn up by a three-member town committee formed in June.
Mark Alan Lovewell
Title: Rate Hike Proposed for Chilmark Community Center Events
Daniel Kaeka helps get Edgartown into the spirit.
Mark Alan Lovewell
Title: Cold Shoulder
Common raven on the wing.
Lanny McDowell
Title: Winter Residents
Brian Weiland leads the merry crowd in carols at Post Office Square in Oak Bluffs.
Mark Alan Lovewell
Title: All Aglow in Oak Bluffs for Tree Lighting Party
State improvement plan for Beach Road is set for construction next year, but selectmen and townspeople remain divided.
Mark Alan Lovewell
Title: Selectmen Will Formally Oppose Beach Road Plan
Edgartown police are headed to Fenway on Wednesday to participate in the big shave-off, a benefit fundraiser for veterans called Home Base.
Mark Alan Lovewell
Title: Vineyard Police Get Scruffy for a Good Cause
Mark Alan Lovewell
Title: Best of Autumn Skies
Tisbury police officer helps a Thanksgiving shopper with the heavy load.
Courtesy Tisbury Police
Title: Police Make Thanksgiving a Little Nicer for Island Families