Happy Holidays and welcome to Christmas in Edgartown 2018! Whether you live on Martha’s Vineyard or are just coming over for a holiday visit, this annual Edgartown Board of Trade event, taking place this year December 6-9, will make you fall in love with the magic and fun of the holidays all over again. Visions […]
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In case you missed the towering candy display at the grocery store or the alien exhibit at Ghost Island Farm, we’re obligated to inform you that All Hallow’s Eve (otherwise known as Halloween) is next Wednesday. Consider yourself warned. Now either get in the spirit (lots of help with that this weekend) or draw your […]
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The sky fractures into a thousand clouds. Sunsets—earlier and earlier—explode on the horizon. Distant storms churn the surf on the South shore. Sheep grow wooly, squirrels are frantic, and a lone skunk slinks across North Road at twilight. Tenacious montauk daisies bloom brightly against the cold gray of stone walls. While a typical fall scene […]
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With the arrival of December, no time was wasted in transforming Martha’s Vineyard into a Santa’s workshop of activity and holiday cheer. Almost overnight fir tress spouted from front porches and pick-up trucks, red ribbons fluttered on light poles and store windows glowed. Island businesses and organizations wasted no time in contributing to the mood […]
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Here’s to fall on the Vineyard. It’s so, well—delicious. Especially this weekend, with food and drink events happening at every turn. Perhaps you’re planning to forage for wild hazelnuts and Chappy cranberries to add to your entry in the Local Wild Food Challenge. Surely some of you are heading to the Winnetu for the Martha’s […]
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The universe wants us to chill out this weekend — quite literally (the forecast is for much cooler temps) — but also in less obvious ways. The calendar is infused with yoga retreats, nature walks, and activities that inspire us to get cozy, like the first indoor farmers’ market of the season. The fire will […]
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While the leaf-peepers head north this holiday weekend, here on the Island we will be pretending it is still summer. The forecast is for warm and mostly sunny weather; the water temperature is still in the 60s. We plan to swim, paddle, surf, fish, golf and hike. And we plan (no guarantees) to part ways […]
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