MVCS welcomes new disability services program director, Beth Wike
Martha’s Vineyard Community Services (MVCS) has announced that Beth Wike has joined the agency’s leadership team as the new disability services program director. According to a press release, Beth...
View ArticleREAL ESTATE TRANSACTIONS: September 18 – 22, 2017
Chilmark Sept. 19, Harvey B. Hirschhorn and Jacalyn Hirschhorn sold 49 Post Oak Rd. to Abhijay and Jennifer Prakash for $1,100,000. Edgartown Sept. 18, Geraldine L. Longo, trustee of Geraldine L....
View ArticleStop and get better answers
The idea of a new Stop & Shop with more space for variety, wider aisles, and a better parking configuration is exciting. The excitement vanishes when you realize the proposal is a renovation and...
View ArticleSea herring spawning closure
Coordinated sea herring sampling efforts by the states of Maine, New Hampshire, and Massachusetts indicate that sea herring in the Massachusetts/New Hampshire (MA/NH) Sea Herring Spawning Area are in...
View ArticleSuperintendent gets six-year extension
The All-Island School Committee (AISC) and Schools Superintendent Matt D’Andrea agreed on a new six-year contract on Tuesday night at the board’s monthly meeting. Mr. D’Andrea is completing the third...
View ArticleMatthew Green named head of school, Falmouth Academy
Falmouth Academy has named Matthew Green as the next head of school, starting in the 2018-19 school year. According to a press release, Mr. Green is a seasoned educator and administrator. He is serving...
View ArticleThe Big Question: Edgartown Stop & Shop
Do you think the Edgartown Stop & Shop should be moved out to the airport? Reply: Definitely move Stop and Shop up to airport. -Sarah Stock To the airport and the same square footage as they have...
View ArticleNOAA warns of high surf, rip currents
A high surf advisory has been issued through 8 am Friday for southeastern Massachusetts and Rhode Island, including Martha’s Vineyard, according to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration....
View ArticleZoning board approves West Tisbury marijuana dispensary
West Tisbury’s Zoning Board of Appeals voted Thursday night to approve applicant Geoffrey Rose of Patient Centric of Martha’s Vineyard for a registered medical marijuana dispensary at 510 State Road,...
View ArticleJames S. Marshall
James S. Marshall, 73, died on Tuesday, Sept. 26, at his home in Belfast, Maine, after a cardiac illness. He was the dear friend of Helen Chelf and the former husband of Elizabeth ‘Betsy’ Marshall....
View ArticleFerries diverted from O.B. to Vineyard Haven
The following Steamship Authority trips are being diverted from Oak Bluffs to Vineyard Haven. The Woods Hole to Oak Bluffs trip at 5:00 pm has been Diverted from OB to VH due to weather conditions. The...
View ArticleBad oysters close shellfishing area in Edgartown
Katama Bay is closed to oyster harvesting for the next 14 days after three confirmed cases of vibrio parahaemolyticus were linked to the consumption of raw oysters harvested from the area between Sept....
View ArticleCoast Guard rescues entangled turtle
The Coast Guard rescued an sea turtle Sunday after it got tangled in a lobster pot off Cuttyhunk Island. A fisherman contacted Coast Guard Station Menemsha around 12:30 p.m., reporting the distressed...
View ArticleNew director of underwriting at mvyradio
Former business executive John McMahon has been named the new director of underwriting at Martha’s Vineyard based WMVY, effective Sept. 18. According to a press release, the listener and local business...
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Brenda Sue Mullins
Brenda Sue Mullins died peacefully on Monday, Oct. 2, 2017 at her home in Oak Bluffs. She was 62. There will be no formal service and she will be cremated according to her wishes. Donations in her...
View ArticleREAL ESTATE TRANSACTIONS: Sept. 25 – 29, 2017
Chilmark Sept. 26, Vineyard Open Land Foundation sold a lot off Squibnocket Rd. to Squibnocket Farm Inc., f/k/a Squibnocket Farm Association Inc., for $500,000. Sept. 26, Lewis A. Sachs and Whitney...
View ArticleGet your chocolate fix
The 14th Annual Art of Chocolate Festival is this Saturday, Oct. 7, and Sunday, Oct. 8, from 12 to 4 pm. Sample some of the best chocolate on Martha’s Vineyard all weekend long at Featherstone Center...
View ArticleBirth
Elliana May Smith Meghan and Adam Smith of Vineyard Haven announce the birth of a daughter, Elliana May Smith, on Oct. 1, 2017, at Martha’s Vineyard Hospital. Elliana weighed 7 pounds. The post Birth...
View ArticleRun the Columbus Day 5K
It’s 5K season, and this weekend brings in another race for the books. On Sunday, Oct. 8, run the Columbus Day 5K in Oak Bluffs, starting at Summercamp Hotel. Join the certified 5K race around East...
View ArticlePoet’s Corner: Home to Martha’s Vineyard
By Margaret Emerson a twenty-five blow gusting to forty cancels five ferries terminal flags snap against murky winter sky still we drive to dockside park in row two watch the great iron carrier force...
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