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The history of fiber arts on the Vineyard runs deep. Sheep were brought to the Island by European settlers as early as the 1600s. “Sheep were used for both meat and wool,” M.V. Museum’s research librarian, Bowdoin Van Riper, said. “At one point, there were 15,000 sheep on the Island, but that changed during the […]
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The Vineyard’s 64th annual Christmas Bird Count, held this weekend, identified over 30,000 individual birds, up from around 19,000 in 2022. With results still coming in, volunteers have noted 126 different species, up from 124 last year. According to wildlife biologist Luanne Johnson—director of the Island nonprofit BiodiversityWorks and coordinator of the Vineyard’s count—this year’s […]
Gephyrophobia is the fear of bridges. Some of us either suffer from this anxiety disorder or know someone who does. Typically, those with gephyrophobia
By the mid-1920s the Lehigh Valley had seen its share of vaudeville “hoofers.” Somewhere in between the trained seal act and the snappy young juveniles’ routines they would “trip the