The girls hockey team recently strung together three wins in a row where they outscored their opponents 17-4 with two shutouts. Most recently, against Barnstable, they won 6-0 with goals from Elle Mone, Abby Geary, Ava Mikos, Colby D’Arcy and two from Mackenna Metell.

Resident winter birds are plentiful in February during the stretch between winter and spring, and northbound migrants begin to arrive.

The air smelled of straw, sawdust and livestock at the agricultural fairgrounds this Saturday, and the bahs ands bleets of sheep mingled with shouts of excited children.

The Annual Lip Sync Contest to benefit the Friends of Family Planning took place at The Loft in Oak Bluffs.

Silence is simply the absence of sound, as darkness is the absence of light, and so it follows that nothing can really be quieter than quiet.

Anything Goes follows the antics of gangsters, an heiress and a nightclub singer as they board an ocean liner headed to London from New York City. The musical, written by Cole Porter and first produced in 1934, is a classic show known for its antics and tap numbers.

We are about midway between winter solstice and vernal equinox. The sun rises now at about six minutes before six, some twenty minutes earlier than at solstice, and sets at almost five. That's about fifty minutes more light at end of day than when winter began.

The birdbath froze solid this week, as a spell of something like seasonal weather finally arrived on the Vineyard. Suddenly more than a heavy sweater was necessary for a walk outside.