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Dan Linsalata, with his wife Donna Linsalata, stood out in a red and green plaid suit on a previous New Year's Eve. — Sam Moore

Samantha Look leads a group of young horse groomers at the Martha's Vineyard Horse Center in West Tisbury. — Sam Moore

The BaHa Brothers played Jimmy Buffet and the Beach Boys to celebrants at the Chili Festival on Jan. 30, 2016. — Sam Moore

Dancers silhouetted by the psychedelic TV screens at Peter Simon's Blissed Out Dance Party on March 4, 2016. — Sam Moore

Landon Madeiros leans over to grab a ring on opening day at the Flying Horses Carousel in April. — Sam Moore

Caleb Luciel was one of the wandering egg hunters at the Edgartown Lighthouse Easter egg hunt on March 27, 2016. — Sam Moore

Skylar Bernat looks on as one of the FARM Institute's new lambs is bottle-fed on April 16, 2016. — Lisa Vanderhoop

Hugo and Finlee Callen get as close as possible to a recently shorn alpaca on Alpaca Sheering Day in April. — Lisa Vanderhoop

Chris Connors forgot to bring his mouse to the Martha's Vineyard Makers Fair, and was forced to make one on the spot, on May 7, 2016. — Sam Moore

Everett Hoag, right, paints a lizard on Christian Hayes' face at the Oak Bluffs Harbor Festival on June 18, 2016. — Sam Moore

Wyatt Thornton makes big bubbles as his sister Penelope looks on at the Oak Bluffs Harbor Festival on June 18, 2016. — Sam Moore

Richie Roy grilled hot dogs with the Tisbury Fire Department at the Tisbury Street Fair on July 7, 2016. — Sam Moore

John Clough hands over a fluffy stick of cotton candy at the Tisbury Street Fair on July 7, 2016. — Sam Moore

The Verbaro/Medeiros clan, visiting from New Bedford, on the porch of their rented cottage, Lavender and Lace, on Illumination Night, August 17, 2016. — Sam Moore
It’s been a photogenic year here on Martha’s Vineyard. Here are some editors’ picks of the year’s best photos.