Monthly Archives: February 2015
Repairs to Beach Road water main Thursday completed
Updated 11:30 am, Thursday
Tisbury Water Works crews repaired a leak in a water main along Beach Road Thursday. The work left area businesses without water...
Martha’s Vineyard Chamber of Commerce cautions Island businesses
The Martha’s Vineyard Chamber of Commerce Wednesday issued a consumer alert about recent telephone solicitations of Island businesses.
Businesses have reported receiving phone calls from...
Freezing weather holds hazards for Island homeowners
Single-digit temperatures and strong winds have wreaked havoc this winter.
Births
Etienne Kingston Woodger
Arlene Fruto Woodger and Bruce Bradford Woodger of Edgartown announce the birth of a son, Etienne Kingston Woodger, on Feb. 20, 2015,...
Message in a bottle delivered to a Martha’s Vineyard beachcomber
On a January walk, Justin LaVigne made an interesting find: a bottle with a message dated Sept. 19, 1959.
HUD hands out $462,176 block grant to Wampanoag Tribe
The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) last week announced it would distribute more than $651 million to 586 Native American tribes...
Featherstone opens Teen Art Cafe
Featherstone Center for the Arts announced the opening of a new Teen Art Cafe, a destination intended for local Island teens to create and...
What it means to be an ‘Immigrant’
Sally Bennett shares the odysseys of her young life.
Tisbury math team goes number to number in competition
On Monday, Feb. 2, the Tisbury School MathCounts team (Dougie Norton, David Krauthamer, Owen Porterfield, and Jason Davey), along with Isabelle Custer, Bryce Nightlinger,...
Hot comedy gets ready to warm up a cold night at the Harbor View...
An evening of comedy welcomes Boston comics back to the Island.
Free screening of ‘Birdman’
The Vineyard Haven library continues to provide free screenings of Oscar-nominated movies, with the second installment on Tuesday, March 3, at 7 pm, featuring...
Get Fit in ’15 with boxing
As part of Oak Bluffs library’s Fit in ’15 initiative, a yearlong program designed to keep Islanders focused on their fitness goals all year,...
Singing songs of love on the big stage
A Wicked Good Winter Cabaret returns to the Martha’s Vineyard Playhouse.
PechaKucha: A neighborly night of sharing
The Martha's Vineyard Museum hosted a lively night of PechaKucha at the Harbor View Hotel on Friday night. PechaKucha, which was first hosted by...
Locals contribute to ‘Da Sweet Blood of Jesus’
Spike Lee enlists help from the Island community while filming his latest movie.
Oscar contention heats up the Film Center’s annual event
While stars flocked to the Dolby Theatre in Los Angeles for the 87th Academy Awards, locals visited the Martha's Vineyard Film Center for their...
The Sip: Forever Young
Uncorking the myths of wine aging.
Intention candles at Featherstone
Mark your calendars for Monday, March 2. Featherstone will be hosting a cozy evening with Billie Jean Sullivan, making one-of-a-kind intention candles from 6...
Academic honors
Acceptance
Alexander Trotter of Vineyard Haven, at Ashland University.
Graduation
Joshua Greenfield of Edgartown, from Ithaca College.
Dean’s List
Amy Fligor of Edgartown, at the University of Delaware.
Madison Hughes of Oak Bluffs, at...
Aquinnah
Did anyone watch the Oscars? The hosting and the writing were not that engaging, but there were some amazing speeches, and of course some...