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Massachusetts temporarily bans vaping products

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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

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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

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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

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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

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  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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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’

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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,...