Tivoli Day was a success
To the Editor: I want to thank everyone that helped the 39th Tivoli Day to be the most successful ever. Vendors occupied 1,200 feet of space. It is not easy to estimate, but it seemed more people...
View ArticleGreat new little park
To the Editor: Hats off to the designers who created the tiny little park in Tisbury at the base of the new drawbridge on the Lagoon. Yes, the black chainlink fence at the drainage swale is typical...
View ArticleMoped business and selectmen at fault
To the Editor: The Tisbury license to do business for Adventure Rentals expired in April 2016 (Sept. 7, “Tisbury renews moped rental company license to do business”). Yet this business continued to do...
View ArticleTisbury fisherman airs nitrogen concerns
To the Editor: I would like the board of health to answer one question: Which does more damage to our Island estuaries, 1 million people flushing the toilet each year, or the 35 to 40 inches of rain we...
View ArticleA familiar face will be missed
To the Editor: The Island recently lost a familiar face, and we already miss her terribly. Karen Harris washed ashore decades ago, and found a place for herself among many communities throughout the...
View ArticleHospice was the big winner
To the Editor: A stiff wind blowing in from the southwest curled the collars of the 70 golfers at the sixth annual Hospice of Martha’s Vineyard Golf Classic on the last Sunday of summer. But with an...
View ArticleThanks to a compassionate SSA
To the Editor: This letter was sent to the management and board members of the Steamship Authority. I would like to express my sincere gratitude for assistance received recently. On the evening of...
View ArticleWhen will they ever learn?
To the Editor: Often, lately, I have thought of all the efforts of our singer-songwriters from the 1960s that led to social change, fighting for rights, and moving to end war…. Where have all the...
View ArticleGrove shopping
To the Editor: The gall of you to take my lights off my property. Perhaps you should shop around the grounds of Oak Grove cemetery — you may find enough for a yard sale. Nice if you considered...
View ArticleThanks, and more options, from Lia Kahler
To the Editor: I want to thank everyone involved in making the Lia Kahler and Friends concert and silent auction, held at the Chilmark Community Church on Sept. 11 to benefit the Island Clergy...
View ArticleEditorial: Hillary Clinton for President
Hillary Clinton is our unequivocal choice for President of the United States. She has been in public service for more than 40 years, especially as an advocate for health care reform and for children’s...
View ArticleVineyard Decorators goes solar
The Martha’s Vineyard Commission (MVC) has approved a proposal by Vineyard Decorators proprietor Whitney Brush to install solar panels on the roof of the store/showroom located at 35 Airport Road. The...
View ArticleRepairs will close Panhandle Road next week
Panhandle Road in West Tisbury will be closed to through traffic for road repair from Tuesday, Oct. 4, to Thursday, Oct. 6, from 7 am to 5 pm, according to a press release. Homeowners will be able to...
View ArticleRoads & Bridges magazine ranks Lagoon Pond drawbridge in the Top 10
The Massachusetts Department of Transportation (MassDOT) announced Tuesday that Roads & Bridges magazine has named the Lagoon Pond Drawbridge to its list of Top 10 Bridge Projects for 2016. A $43.7...
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Harold Metcalf Green
Harold Metcalf Green, a lifelong sportsman, successful businessman, and driving force in the renewal of the Martha’s Vineyard Rod and Gun Club, whose congenial personality and positive spirit uplifted...
View ArticleE. Coli recall of Athol slaughterhouse meats extends to Vineyard
On Saturday, September 24, the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) released a Class 1 recall notice for meat products processed on at least 27 days between July 21 and September 22, at Adams...
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Richard Luce Doane
Richard Luce Doane of Tucson, Ariz., and West Tisbury — father, brother, husband — died in Tucson after a lengthy illness, with his family around him, and is now with God and the love of his life,...
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Susan H. Macy
Susan Borden Hyde Macy died Sept. 1 at her home on Lake Tashmoo, surrounded by her family. She was 92. Susy, known as Sue by many on the Island, was born in Santa Barbara, Calif., in 1924 to Robert...
View ArticlePolice investigate dead body discovered in state forest
State and Edgartown Police are investigating the circumstances surrounding the death of a man found in the Manuel F. Correllus State Forest Saturday. The man was apparently living at a campsite in the...
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Mark V. Peters Jr.
Mark V. Peters Jr. of Oak Bluffs died on Saturday, Oct. 1. He was 37. Our son is gone far too soon, the pain in our hearts is over the moon. Taken too young by the demons he faced, the heartache and...
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