Musicians frustrated with Dock Dance resolution
News Hayley Duffy - 0
The fate of Dock Dance, Edgartown’s weekly free outdoor concert at Memorial Wharf, has been up in the air for the past few weeks, with a disagreement between town officials and organizers about the...
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Windsurfer to circumnavigate the Vineyard for a cause
News Natalie Wambui - 0
Nevin Sayre, a world-renowned windsurfing champion and recent inductee into the Windsurfing Hall of Fame, is taking to the water once again to support Martha’s Vineyard Community Services.This summer, Sayre will embark on the...
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A career fighting for integration, civil rights
News Robin Rivera - 0
Last week, as part of its Windows on the World (WOW) lecture series, the West Chop Club hosted a full house for a talk by storied civil rights attorney and law professor John Brittain.Brittain...
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Vineyard Wind resumes construction amid investigation
News Eunki Seonwoo - 0
It’s been a month since a turbine blade within the Vineyard Wind lease area fractured, littering foam, fiberglass, and other debris into local waters, and raising concerns over the nascent offshore wind industry.While a...
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George Clinton brings the funk to O.B.
News Daniel Greenman - 1
The Mothership landed in Oak Bluffs last Wednesday as funk music pioneer George Clinton brought his Parliament-Funkadelic and the P-Funk All-Stars FunkFest to the Strand Theatre.The performance was part of a busy week on-Island...
Man o’ war spotted in Aquinnah
News The Martha's Vineyard Times - 0
A Portuguese man o’ war was spotted washed ashore on Aquinnah’s South Shore.The town issued a warning to beachgoers on Monday to be “aware and cautious.”The Portuguese man o’ war is an animal closely...
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African American Film Festival celebrates 22 years
News Allison Roberts - 0
From August 2 to 10, the Martha’s Vineyard African American Film Festival (MVAAFF), famous for showcasing some of the very best of Black cinema, celebrated its 22nd year. Screenings took place at the Performing...
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NABJ Island discussion: A wake-up call for voters
News Natalie Wambui - 0
On the heels of an annual convention where the former president made controversial statements about the vice president’s race, Union Chapel in Oak Bluffs became the center of a critical discussion on the racial...
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Charter School looks to add new building
News The Martha's Vineyard Times - 0
The Martha’s Vineyard Public Charter School launched a new fundraising campaign last week, seeking to construct a multipurpose building to be used as performance and assembly space.School Director Pete Steedman said that there is...
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Sixteen ferry trips canceled over the weekend
News Daniel Greenman - 7
Updated August 12A combination of crew shortages and “unforeseen circ*mstances” led to 16 Steamship Authority cancellations over the weekend — one of the busiest travel days of the year — on the Martha’s Vineyard...
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Could recent scrutiny burden Island workforce housing?
News Daniel Greenman - 4
Tisbury’s top official is worried that recent scrutiny of some workforce housing projects in Vineyard Haven could lead to a wider loss of employee housing.Town administrator Jay Grande — noting in a letter to...
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Menemsha Pond Racers celebrate recent winners
News The Martha's Vineyard Times - 0
On Wednesday, July 31, the Menemsha Pond Racing sailors gathered at the starting line to compete for the dubious honor of winning the world's ugliest trophy.The race, which dates back at least six decades,...
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Biting into the oceanic legacy of ‘Jaws.’
News Eunki Seonwoo - 0
A pop culture phenomenon was born from the mind of Peter Benchley when “Jaws” — the 1974 bestseller about a shark that terrorized a fictional New England town — hit bookstores. The blockbuster classic...
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County officials push for better forest management
News Hayley Duffy - 7
The recent treatment of the homeless in the State Forest has reignited another county official complaint about the state Department of Conservation and Recreation’s management of the Island’s 5,300-acre resource.Dukes County Commissioners were not...
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Tickets available for Chamber raffle
News The Martha's Vineyard Times - 3
The Martha's Vineyard Chamber of Commerce announces its annual $10,000 raffle. The event offers a grand prize of $10,000, with the raffle drawing set for Sept. 11, 2024, with only 400 tickets available, providing...
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The Ag Fair kicks off next week
News The Martha's Vineyard Times - 0
The Martha’s Vineyard Agricultural Fair is next week, scheduled to run from Thursday, August 15 to August 18, operating from 10 am to 11 pm on Thursday, Friday, and Saturday, and closing at 6...
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Island Brazilian leader nominated for ‘Notable Award’
News Julia Goujiamanis - 3
Meiroka Nunes, originating from the small city of Mantena located in Minas Gerais, Brazil, has lived on the Vineyard for close to 20 years supporting the Brazilian immigrant community which continues to grow on...
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Rose pleads not guilty to attempted filming charges
News The Martha's Vineyard Times - 6
Former Oak Bluffs Fire Chief and West Tisbury firefighter John Rose pleaded not guilty in Edgartown District Court on Thursday, August 8 on charges of attempting to conduct “electronic surveillance” on a “nude or...
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Outgoing Island rep endorses Moakley
News Eunki Seonwoo - 4
With the state primary elections less than a month away, outgoing State Rep. Dylan Fernandes, who represents the Vineyard, has thrown his endorsem*nt behind Cape & Islands assistant district attorney Thomas Moakley who is...
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Jewish festival exceeded permitted ticket sales
News Eunki Seonwoo - 36
West Tisbury officials voiced their displeasure with the organizers of the Jewish Cultural Festival for selling too many tickets.The festival organized by Chabad on the Vineyard was permitted to sell 350 tickets, but town...
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