First year for Brazil Fest
News Hayley Duffy - 0
Blue skies and a warm sun welcomed the Island’s first Brazil Fest at the Agricultural Hall Sunday. Triangular rainbow pennant banners hung from the hall’s rafters and cascaded down between trees in one of...
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District Attorney sues Dukes County Sheriff
News Daniel Greenman - 2
The Cape and Islands District Attorney has sued the Dukes County Sheriff in the state’s highest court, a significant escalation of the legal fight between two of the Vineyard’s most powerful elected officials over...
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Current study testing new treatment for babesiosis
News Julia Goujiamanis - 1
A study conducted by 60 Degrees Pharma, headquartered in Washington, D.C., is currently underway to test a possible new treatment for the “rapidly emerging” tick-borne illness, babesiosis. The disease, originating in Nantucket back in...
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State green-lights overwater cannabis transportation
News Eunki Seonwoo - 4
Off-Island marijuana will be sailing onto the Vineyard in the near future.The Massachusetts Cannabis Control Commission unanimously approved an administrative order allowing the transportation of marijuana products over state waters between licensed cannabis establishments...
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SSA head criticized by Oak Bluffs officials
News Eunki Seonwoo - 7
The Oak Bluffs select board criticized how the Steamship Authority (SSA) is being managed on Tuesday, June 11, jabbing at the seeming deterioration of services provided by the ferry line.In particular, officials called for...
Study confirms year-round Squibnocket stripers
News Daniel Greenman - 3
Year-round Vineyarders can welcome some newly confirmed neighbors — 19 striped bass in the Squibnocket/Menemsha pond complex.In an effort to better understand the habitat of one of the Island's faltering herring populations, the Natural...
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Recovery underway in Havenside fire
News Julia Goujiamanis - 0
Rebuilding efforts are continuing since the May 28 fire that left nine Havenside apartments residents displaced. As of now, four of those displaced residents are still living in temporary housing at the Mansion House...
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Thousands of Islanders use free food programs
News Hayley Duffy - 7
Every weekday afternoon, Jenny Devivo stocks the Martha’s Vineyard Boys and Girls Club two-year-old free food pantry with fresh produce, meats, and ready-made meals for needy families.As a line forms out the door, she...
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20th anniversary of Frederick Douglass speech reading
News The Martha's Vineyard Times - 1
The 20th anniversary of the July Fourth reading of Frederick Douglass’ speech “What to the Slave Is the Fourth of July?” will be held at noon at the Tabernacle in Oak Bluffs this year.“It’s...
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MV Sharks fire head coach amidst 0-5 start
News Sam Canfield - 0
The Martha’s Vineyard Sharks of the New England Collegiate Baseball League are off to an 0-5 start, and have already parted ways with first-year head coach Sean Stevens, firing him on Thursday, June 6...
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Island attorney Ron Rappaport, 74, dies unexpectedly
News Connie Berry - 4
The Island woke up to shocking news over the weekend that the prominent attorney and community leader Ronald H. Rappaport died unexpectedly on Friday night in Vineyard Haven. He was 74 years old, and...
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An ambitious plan for Vineyard Haven’s waterfront
News Sam Houghton - 64
A new nonprofit organization filed ambitious plans today for a public park and pavilion, the expansion and preservation of a renowned wooden-boatbuilding business, and to establish new artist and work space along the Vineyard...
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Cutrer re-elected to select board
News Daniel Greenman - 0
Incumbent select board chair Roy Cutrer was re-elected to Tisbury's select board on Tuesday, receiving twice as many votes as write-in candidate Mary Bernadette Budinger-Cormie.Preliminary results show Cutrer with 274 votes and Budinger-Cormie with...
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Bishop Peggy Johnson makes first Island visit
News Julia Goujiamanis - 0
Bishop Peggy Johnson of the New England Annual Conference of the United Methodist Church is set to finish her term serving the church by the end of this month. Both she and her spouse,...
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Edgartown Police receive harbor patrol designation
News The Martha's Vineyard Times - 0
Edgartown Police Chief Bruce McNamee received approval from the select board Monday to amend the enforcement capabilities of the town’s police department, and distinguish all officers, from the lieutenant down, as harbor patrol.Under Massachusetts...
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West Tisbury considers property tax rate change
News The Martha's Vineyard Times - 0
West Tisbury is gathering information from its residents to determine whether the town should alter its property tax structure.The West Tisbury assessors mailed out residential exemption applications on June 6 to all residential property...
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Rural Health Scholars program present new findings
News Hayley Duffy - 1
This year’s Rural Health Scholars’ presentation took place at the West Tisbury library on Friday, and was hosted by David Runyan and Gianna Dipinto, both of whom graduated from UMass Chan Medical School two...
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Pride Parade brings Islanders together
News Julia Goujiamanis - 1
Under blue skies and sunshine, the Island community gathered to celebrate its third annual Pride Parade on Saturday afternoon. Parade participants congregated by the Oak Bluffs Island Queen terminal at around 2 pm, with...
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MVRHS Class of 2024 graduates
News Hayley Duffy - 0
The sounds of rain on the roof, “Pomp and Circ*mstance,” and loud applause mingled in the air as the Martha’s Vineyard Regional High School class of 2024 proceeded down the center aisle of the...
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Decomposed sperm whale washes ashore in Edgartown
News Eunki Seonwoo - 1
A dead whale was found washed ashore on South Beach in Edgartown last Friday. Ainsley Smith, marine mammal stranding coordinator at the federal National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), said the carcass was a...
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