Lessons learned, we hope
What happened for a short time at last Wednesday’s Tisbury town meeting was disappointing, unacceptable, and should never happen again. When a reporter and photographer from The Times arrived an hour...
View ArticleTisbury School answers
To the Editor: Here are clarifications to statements made, and answers to questions posed, at the Tisbury town meeting. Environmental The question was asked about the environmental impact of...
View ArticleNew school is more efficient expense
To the Editor: We heard the arguments at town meeting both for both sides of the Tisbury school issue. I thought it would be best to lay out the issues with renovating the Tisbury School, and why I...
View ArticleA new suggested size for Tisbury School
To the Editor: We the undersigned residents of Tisbury support a more fiscally responsible, environmentally appropriate, historically sensitive, and culturally fitting solution that will meet the...
View ArticleThe ‘cone of silence’
To the Editor: I have noticed that taxpayers on the Vineyard actually care about how their tax dollars are spent. When it comes to the local level, they are laser-focused. However, it’s easier to...
View ArticleLt. Gov. Polito will visit the Island
Massachusetts Lt. Gov. Karyn Polito will visit Martha’s Vineyard tomorrow, April 19, to secure Community Compact Agreements with Oak Bluffs at town hall at 1 pm, at Chilmark town hall at 2 pm, and then...
View ArticleVineyard firefighters complete trench rescue training
Seven Island firefighters completed a tough state trench rescue course on-Island last week. Over the course of four days, Aquinnah Fire Chief Simon Bollin, Tisbury Lt. Gregory Leland, Tisbury...
View ArticleChilmark voters face six-figure Prop 2½ overrides
Monday night at 7:30 pm, Chilmark voters will face eight Proposition 2½ override articles totaling $171,136.76. The article assessments are intended to fund items ranging from the Tri-Town operating...
View ArticleCar damaged in midnight fire
A 1985 Chevrolet Cavalier was damaged by fire early Tuesday at 34 Bernard Circle in Tisbury. According to a police report, when officers arrived at 12:37 am, the station wagon had flames coming from...
View ArticleYou don’t have to go off-Island
To the Editor: There is no place like home. Why go off island for hip/knee replacement when the great Dr. Mabie is right here at Martha’s Vineyard Hospital? Dr. Kevin Mabie made both my hip replacement...
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Real Estate Confidential: Go Jump in the Pool
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View ArticlePublic safety communications is a shared problem
To the Editor: The recent storms clearly exposed the precipice at which we all stand. Our leaders owe it to each of us to act decisively before a real tragedy actually occurs. A recent editorial in...
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Helen Viera Gelotte
Helen Viera Gelotte died Sunday evening, April 15, 2018, at the Fisher Home in Amherst. She was 86. Helen was born and grew up on Martha’s Vineyard, and graduated from the Tisbury School. She attended...
View ArticleServices Tuesday in N.C. for Keiley A. Banfield
Keiley A. Banfield of Aberdeen, N.C., died unexpectedly on April 18, 2018. Keiley was born in Gloucester on Sept. 25, 1975. She was the daughter of Elizabeth (Fahey) Branch and James Branch. The family...
View ArticleEdgartown Fire Dept. snuffs guesthouse fire
The Edgartown Fire Department knocked down an unoccupied guesthouse fire Sunday evening at 82 Schoolhouse Rd. A “smoke and flames” call came in from neighbors at 5:19 pm. Edgartown firefighters arrived...
View ArticleFast ferry could be affordable
To the Editor: We can now read exactly the amount/cost of the nine days of fast ferry service billed to the Steamship Authority by Seastreak service two weeks ago: http://bit.ly/SSAfastferry. Here is a...
View ArticleCompanies left blowing in the wind
The three companies vying to bring wind farms south of Martha’s Vineyard will have to wait another month. Vineyard Wind, Deepwater Wind and Bay State Wind have all submitted applications to located...
View ArticleTraffic delays expected at Five Corners
The town of Tisbury has issued the following alert: Badin Repair work at Five Corners will begin at 7:30 am Tuesday, use alternate routes to get to the boat or leave from the boat. Suggestion would be...
View ArticleFitting tribute to Greg Mayhew
To the Editor: I went to Greg Mayhew’s funeral on Saturday. Greg’s life was celebrated fittingly — he was a man whose life mattered, and the Methodist Church in Oak Bluffs was full to overflowing....
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Sylvia Angevin Thompson
Sylvia Angevin Thompson died peacefully at home on Friday, April 20, 2018, in Edgartown, surrounded by family and friends, trees and birds. Born in Glendale, Ohio, Sylvia lived always between the...
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