Jack Lionette, left, and Tristan Scott rush through piles of foam left from Superstorm Sandy at Lucy Vincent Beach in Chilmark, Mass., on October 30, 2012. The storm destroyed parts of the prominent clay cliffs at Lucy Vincent and eroded much of the shoreline.
A female Northern long-eared bat is weighed and tagged on June 17, 2014, as part of an effort to catalog the species’ habitat on the island of Martha’s Vineyard in Massachusetts.
Charlie Shabica pushes his mother, Eleanor, along the pathways of the Oak Bluffs Camp Ground on August 5, 2012 as brother Carl walks behind. The group was headed to Chilmark for the annual road race, which Eleanor competed in with the help of her sons and her wheelchair.
Ben Nadelstein, center, waits for the end of the Intermediate Orchestra’s performance during the All-Island Winter Strings Concert, held January 19, 2013 at the regional high school in Oak Bluffs, Mass. Nadelstein is part of the Advanced Orchestra group
From left, George Sykes, Conor Welch, Jeremy Alley-Tarter, and Sawyer Maher hit the first hill of the inaugural Gay Head Light 10K, held October 6, 2013 in Aquinnah, Mass. The race is part of an ongoing fundraising effort to help move the Gay Head lighthouse, built on atop a rapidly eroding cliff, back from its current location and save the structure. Welch won the race with a time of 36:05.
A wandering hen, one of several dozen kept at the Farm Institute in Katama, Mass., draws the attention of other audience members at author Michael Pollan’s question-and-answer session with NPR host Mara Liasson, held August 14, 2013.
Addison Goldner, with father Dan, tries his hand at the ring-a-bottle at the Martha’s Vineyard Agricultural Fair in West Tisbury, Mass., on August 23, 2014.
Sherri Sidoti, photographed in her Vineyard Haven studio, records a yoga class for an online program on January 8, 2014.
Vineyard senior cocaptains Tyson Araujo (14) and Brian Fraser (28) set up a play against Sandwich in the Vineyard’s first round game of the MIAA playoffs, held March 1, 2014 at the Martha’s Vineyard Arena. The Vineyard won 2-1 in overtime on a goal by Araujo.
Grand Marshall John Murray and junior marshall Ryan Murray, both of Edgartown, lead the annual St. Patrick’s Day parade up Water Street on March 15, 2012.
Michiko Maekawa sits in the workroom of the Martha’s Vineyard Glassworks to arrange canes of glass into patterns for ornament-making. Glass pumpkins, another seasonal creation of the group, rest on the counter near the showroom. The Glassworks celebrated its 25th anniversary this year.
Chili, a one-year-old ram, in “sheep jail” at the Farm Institute in Edgartown, Mass. After several breakouts from his pen, when he was caught by Edgartown animal control, Chili was turned over to the Farm Institute until he could find a new home. Chili now lives at Run Amok Farm in Tisbury.
