Martha’s Vineyard girls lose in overtime to Spartans
The Martha’s Vineyard Regional High School girls basketball team lost to the St. Mary’s HIgh Spartans Sunday in the sixth and final game of the Spartan Classic girls’ basketball tournament, in...
View ArticleMartha’s Vineyard deer harvest increased slightly in 2015
The Division of Fisheries and Wildlife (MassWildlife) reported that the preliminary statewide deer harvest for 2015 (excluding Quabbin and any data not yet received) was 10,042, a considerable drop...
View ArticleDon’t judge a book by its cover
To the Editor: ACE MV wants to thank Jillian Buning for her thoughtful letter of Feb.11 (“Making good spelling her business”), and hopes that she made it past our catalogue cover and discovered the 29...
View ArticleGood, caring neighbors
To the Editor: What’s this younger generation coming to? On the Vineyard, I’m happy to report they have learned to be caring neighbors. In the midst of the freezing weather, I got help to keep my...
View ArticleHe wants the visionary
To the Editor: The Massachusetts primary is March 1, and we all have the opportunity to make a difference. One candidate is a visionary. One is a realist. No question Hillary Clinton is a highly...
View Article‘Chicago’ was a hit
To the Editor: “Chicago” thanks you. This past weekend, the Martha’s Vineyard Regional High School Performing Arts Department presented the musical “Chicago” to packed houses of community members,...
View ArticleEditorial: West Tisbury selectmen have an option
We find plenty of reason but not much rhyme in the manner in which two separate solar array projects are moving through the Island’s permitting pipeline. The Martha’s Vineyard Commission (MVC) will...
View ArticleMFC will hold Vineyard hearing on 2016 oyster regulations
The Marine Fisheries Advisory Commission will hold a public hearing and comment session on Tuesday, March 8, at 10 am at Edgartown Town Hall, to discuss the 2016 amendments of the state Vibrio...
View ArticleServices Sunday for Charles N. Greenaway
Charles N. Greenaway died suddenly on Tuesday evening, Feb. 16, 2016 at his home in West Tisbury. He was 33. Charles was the son of Anne S. Nevin. His funeral service will be held this Sunday, Feb....
View ArticleAg Society is more than the fair
To the Editor: We know the Ag Fair is everyone’s favorite event, ours included, but the Agricultural Society does so much more than just the annual fair. The Martha’s Vineyard Agricultural Society...
View ArticleNice people
To the Editor: To get to my highway mailbox, I must cross State Road. One morning recently I walked across, extracted my mail, and walked back. A car pulled up and stopped near me. Puzzled, I looked at...
View ArticleVCS bag ban is poor policy
To the Editor: For 16 years I called Massachusetts home. While I was a proud resident of North Attleborough, my family and I always enjoyed our visits to Cape Cod and Martha’s Vineyard. We would stay...
View ArticleNips are disrespectful
To the Editor: If you walk or bike along the Island’s roads, you can’t miss the large number of nip bottles tossed along the side. Drinking while driving, then littering: Come on, can’t we treat the...
View ArticleOxygen is the key to clean ponds
To the Editor: Do you realize that for the volume of nitrate from septic systems on the Island to equal the nitrate from rainfall, the Island would need to have 64,000 year-round households of three?...
View ArticleGrowing the ‘blue economy’
To the Editor: The Island of Martha’s Vineyard’s geography, beauty, economy, character, and sense of community are defined by the sea. The Vineyard’s “blue” resources have driven our economy through a...
View ArticleShare your vision of Aquinnah Circle
To the Editor: If that beautiful and special place at the westernmost tip of the Island is important to you, you are invited to join the Aquinnah community for the second and final visioning session on...
View ArticleThank you, Dr. VanBeber
To the Editor: I sent the following letter to the VA in response to your excellent article published Feb. 13, “VA doctor goes beyond the call for Island veterans.” If not for Dr. Monty VanBeber, there...
View ArticleIt’s your choice
To the Editor: March 1st is our primary election day. If you feel as I do, there may be a candidate or two you greatly hope will not be elected president, after all the media coverage we’ve had. Here...
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Ask an Artist: What have you been up to this winter?
We all have those friends on Martha’s Vineyard who settle a little too comfortably into the solitude of the off-season. They are perfectly sociable in the sunny months, and then, as winter deepens, you...
View ArticleUnhappy with Comcast
To the Editor: I am a victim of my own lack of paying attention, and Comcast knew this, because they got me good. Years ago, I thought I bought a modem from the Comcast office at the airport business...
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