Monthly Archives: September 2019
Massachusetts temporarily bans vaping products
Updated 9/25
Gov. Charlie Baker on Tuesday announced a four-month ban on the sale of all vaping products in Massachusetts, according to the State House...
SSA’s tradition of broken promises to W.H.
To the Editor:
The editorial writer of the Martha’s Vineyard Times of Sept. 18 has this completely wrong. The SSA has been encroaching on Woods...
No place to rent
To the Editor:
My name is Samuel Hayes. I was born and raised on M.V. in 1975 and grew up on the water, 7 Acres...
Must-watch TV
To the Editor:
On Sept. 23, the leading story around the world was the incredibly moving speech by Greta Thunberg as she addressed the United...
Students struck by climate crisis
To the Editor:
On Thursday, Sept. 19, a group of four students from the West Tisbury School headed to New York City for the Global...
Hunt for Pat Gregory’s killer ongoing
Law enforcement officials have released a sketch of a suspect in the shooting death of West Tisbury town moderator Francis “Pat” Gregory. Gregory, a...
Edgartown gets climate briefing
Updated Oct. 2
Climate change is here and the Island is implementing strategies to address it.
Alan Strahler, chair of the Edgartown energy committee, gave a...
Vineyard field hockey rolls past Sturgis West
The Vineyarder field hockey team rebounded from a tough loss to Falmouth on Friday with a thorough 6-0 triumph over Sturgis West, Monday afternoon...
SSA cancels trips of freight ferry Governor
The following trips on Tuesday, Sept. 24, have been canceled due to mechanical issues:
MV GOVERNOR 9:50 am Woods Hole to Vineyard Haven
MV GOVERNOR 11:05...
A tribute to The Bear
To the Editor:
Barry D. Roy of Chilmark passed away on August 9. This letter is written on behalf of the legion of friends he...
Wounded Warriors fish the Derby
A group of veterans and their families got a warm welcome from Island emergency response teams as they walked onto the Oak Bluffs Steamship...
Mural taken down from MVRHS wall
Updated 9/23
The removal of a mural from the walls of the Martha’s Vineyard Regional High School (MVRHS) has caused some contention on social media.
A...
Service coordinator departure worries IEH residents
The sudden departure of a service coordinator at Island Elderly Housing (IEH) has left a void for many of the organization’s senior residents.
Ann Baird,...
Walk will shine light on suicide prevention
The Darkness Into Vineyard Light Suicide Prevention and Awareness Walk is from 5 to 7 am on Saturday, Sept. 28, with a rain date...
Vineyard firefighters undergo hazardous materials training
Firefighters from several Vineyard departments took part in a hazardous materials training over four days last week at West Tisbury Fire Station No. 2....
SSA pitches fare increases
The Steamship Authority predicts a net income of $2.4 million for 2020, a figure it finds too low. In order to arrive at a...
Bring home the bacon
The “Caja China” or “Cuban Coffin” may sound like some arcane torture device, but not in the hands of an experienced chef. Beginning in...
Fourth time’s a charm for the M.V. Craft Beer Festival
The sun was shining and the flags were flying under the big white tents in Waban Park on Saturday as the fourth annual Martha’s...
‘Will epitomized love’
As Will Luckey would have said about the celebration of his life held on the grounds of the Tisbury Water Works Saturday afternoon, “It’s...
Meisner embodied community policing
To the Editor:
I am writing this letter regarding what I recently read about Lt. Eerik Meisner in the paper. As a local business owner,...