Washout nor’easter
As a rainbow arched over Vineyard Haven Harbor Monday afternoon, an early-season nor’easter began to exit from the Cape and islands. The storm, with winds gusts as high as 60 mph, finally ended after between five and eight inches of rain were dumped on the Island over the weekend and into Monday. Many Islanders were…
Edgartown residents push back on ancient way plan
Eastern half of proposed path. —Courtesy Land Bank Western half of proposed path. —Courtesy Land Bank A plan by the Martha’s Vineyard Land Bank to cut a public footpath through an ancient way known as Swimming Place Path is before town officials after a year of no action by the Edgartown Select Board. But abutters…
Opioid settlement funds could bridge some health gaps
Back when now-Gov. Maura Healey was the Massachusetts attorney general, in July 2021, she sued opioid distributors, manufacturers, and pharmacies for their prescription practices, which the state argued contributed to a national opioid crisis. What resulted was a settlement of more than $1 billion from opioid-makers Johnson and Johnson and opioid-distributors McKesson, Cardinal, and AmerisourceBergen.…
Martha’s Vineyard Medical pilots tick-related stress management group
Updated Sept. 28, 6:50 pm. Martha’s Vineyard Medical’s Tick Center is piloting a Mindfulness and Stress Management Group program for its patients with alpha-gal syndrome and Lyme disease that starts next month.
Impacts of nor’easter start to hit Island
Satellite image from Friday, Sept. 25. —Courtesy NOAA The winds have been strong all week, and the rain has started to come down as an early season nor’easter heads toward the Island and is expected to last through the rest of the weekend. Several ferry lines have canceled trips for the weekend ahead of the…
Questions in the crosshairs
Alex Friedman at the forum. —Nicholas Vukota Updated Sept. 24, 6 pm. These are men capable of being perfectly still in a tree stand, in the cold and silent air. But they aren’t as at home in meetings, and certainly not ones that last for hours. Many of them abandoned the uncomfortable metal chairs and…
Bracing for a nor’easter
Updated Sept. 23. Ahead of predictions for an early season nor’easter that is expected to pound New England, Islanders and transportation services are bracing for the possibility of heavy wind and rain.
Housing solutions: Accessory dwelling units
The “Writer’s Cottage,” an 100-square-foot ADU Geoffrey White has on his property. —Sarah Shaw Dawson On a windy day this August, architect Geoffrey White strolled to a 100-square-foot accessory dwelling unit (ADU) he had built near his home in West Tisbury. He’d designed the small building as a livable “garden shed” back in 1995. It’s…
Marijuana business eyes Oak Bluffs zoning amid legal disputes
A cannabis entrepreneur group’s plans to set up a dispensary on the Island fell through last year, and assets in 90 Dr. Fisher Road in West Tisbury, the former location of the Island’s only marijuana-growing facility, are being liquidated. But representatives of Black Harbor Group, which had rented the West Tisbury location, said they’re making…
Man charged in child pornography case held on $25,000
Andrew Carroll, 30, pleaded not guilty Sept. 17 in Edgartown District Court to a felony charge of possessing child pornography. Judge Benjamin C. Barnes set bail at $250,000 surety or $25,000 cash. Conditions include no unsupervised contact with anyone under 17 and staying away from the location of the arrest.
Local departments practice oil spill response
Local firefighters and harbormasters, in coordination with the Massachusetts Department of Environmental Protection (MassDEP), practiced oil spill containment tactics last Wednesday in Lagoon Pond next to Safe Harbor Marina. The drill tested a booming tactic used to contain oil if a spill ever occurred in Island waters. MassDEP framed the training scenario as a spill…
Attempted murder suspect indicted by grand jury
A man who was charged with attempted murder in June on Martha’s Vineyard was indicted by a grand jury on Sept. 9. Brandao Geraldo Alves Caldeira, 38, is scheduled to be arraigned at 2 pm on Oct. 5 in Dukes County Superior Court before Judge Peter B. Krupp.
Fond farewell, Shenandoah
Children exploring Shenandoah. —Nicholas Vukota Shenandoah potluck. —Nicholas Vukota Ian Ridgeway and Casey Blum, captains of Shenandoah, at the goodbye potluck. —Nicholas Vukota Cannons fired at sunset. —Nicholas Vukota Rose Guerin and Buck Shanks playing at Shenandoah potluck. —Nicholas Vukota Matthew Stackpole speaking at Shenandoah potluck. —Nicholas Vukota Capt. Ian Ridgeway speaks at the Shenandoah…
Bringing the darkness to light
Jack Pachico, Anna Giannetti, Jeremy Regan, and Sam Cavallaro at the walk. —Sarah Shaw Dawson Lucas Martins and other members of Hope Squad spoke at the event. —Sarah Shaw Dawson Chilmark the ox. —Sarah Shaw Dawson Bagpipes were played at Big Bridge. —Sarah Shaw Dawson Between 150 and 200 Islanders gathered at Bend in the Road…
Smiles, shrieks, and giggles at the Kid’s Derby
The biggest smiles, most joyful giggles, and enthusiastic shrieks abounded throughout the Martha’s Vineyard Striped Bass and Bluefish Derby’s annual Kid’s Day on Sunday morning. The thirty-five days of the Derby are the best days in a year, and the Sunday of the Kid’s Derby is the best of the best. Why? How are kids…
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Environment
An emergent model of food and health
As more Islanders than ever seek food assistance, several local organizations have risen up to meet the demand in new ways. These emergent collaborative efforts have put the Vineyard on the map as a model for food systems that contribute to better health outcomes, according to experts in the field. The model is called “Food…
Health
Calendar fundraiser donates $5,000 to Vineyard House
To honor National Recovery Month and his own sobriety journey, Vineyard photographer Michael Blanchard donated $5,000 to Vineyard House on Thursday from the proceeds of his annual calendar. Blanchard sold 2,500 copies of his 2027 “Inspirational Calendar” this year. It is the ninth year that he’s produced the calendar, which is a yearlong effort in…
Housing
Katama Meadows talks trudge forward
Updated Sept. 12. In the brightly lit Martha’s Vineyard Commission (MVC) meeting room for four Thursday nights so far this summer, deliberation on the 54-acre subdivision development proposal in Edgartown, Katama Meadows, has oscillated between the need for a few affordable homes and the potential impacts of a sprawling development. It also raised questions about…
Education
High school committee prepares to borrow millions for building design
The Martha’s Vineyard Regional High School (MVRHS) Committee plans to borrow $20.06 million for the design and development phase of the high school building project. During a committee meeting Monday night, Lynne Welsh, financial advisor for the school district, said that the school is currently on track to secure the $22 million needed for this…
Politics
Primary favors Democratic incumbents
Updated September 3. About two hours after polls closed, Rob Galibois secured victory in the Democratic primary for the Cape and Islands District Attorney race Tuesday.
Cops and Courts
AG Campbell speaks at Women’s Recovery Court Session
Speakers at the 15th annual Massachusetts Women’s Recovery Court Session. —Sara Creato Shannon White and Katie O’Leary. —Sara Creato Lynne Eppel, a graduate of Edgartown District Court. —Sara Creato Massachusetts Attorney General Andrea Campbell at the 15th annual Massachusetts Women’s Recovery Court Session. —Sara Creato Jessica Hagerty, assistant chief probation officer for Edgartown District Court.…
Immigration
Father detained by ICE back in Brazil
Rogério da Silva Lima and Nycolas de Alvarenga Lima. —Robyn Twomey Rogério da Silva Lima, 42, the Brazilian father who was taken into Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) custody alongside his teenage son Nycolas de Alvarenga Lima (now 16) while fishing in Menemsha in May, left the U.S. on Saturday and returned to Brazil Sunday…
Ferry and transportation
Frustrations brew over delayed SSA reservation system replacement
The specter of the Steamship Authority’s (SSA) website development, a failed project that wasted millions in taxpayer dollars with nothing to show for it, is haunting the development of the new reservation system. At the SSA board meeting on Sept. 15, ferry officials said that a repeat of the website project can’t happen with the…
Opinion
ICE detentions, beatings, and us
U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents came to the Island in May of last year, and they will return. Readers will recall that at the time ICE detained 20…
The time is now to fix Five Corners
This issue of our print edition has to make its way across a vicious chop in the Vineyard Sound amid serious warnings that a nor’easter is gathering force and about…
Remembering an Island doctor and friend
To the Editor: Recently I attended a wonderful celebration for Dr. Timothy Guiney.
