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Last week’s powerful storm that struck the Island, eroding a number of south-facing beaches, also washed up a lot of trash and debris. And Island environmentalists, during a cleanup on a breezy winter solstice Dec. 21, gathered at Squibnocket Beach and removed more than 300 pounds of lighters, fishing equipment, plastic bottles, and other debris. […]
I grew up in Upstate New York, and I can remember going out with my family to cut down our Christmas trees. My dad would grab an old rusty hand saw that lived in our garage and off we’d go. It snowed a lot back then and my brothers and I would weave in and […]
A rimy haze coated our roofs and lawn this morning. There had been a few chilly mornings, but this was a real frost, and the house felt cold. I made a fire to warm it up before Mike came downstairs, fed Abby and Nelson, then settled down in my wing chair in front of the […]
The Vineyard Conservation Society (VCS)’s Take Back the Tap (TBT) program has grown its water bottle refill station network by seven locations since the spring. The tap program now has 34 stations, 29 of which have been installed by VCS. In Vineyard Haven, new stations can be found at the MV Chamber of Commerce, Chicken […]
Islanders gathered at beaches all over Martha’s Vineyard Saturday morning to clean up trash from the environment during the Vineyard Conservation Society’s 30th annual Earth Day beach cleanup. “Earth Day is pretty special because it brings all of the Islanders together to clean up our beaches and ponds for everyone to enjoy,” Betsy Dripps, a […]