Monthly Archives: April 2021
Island sees spike of 101 COVID-19 cases
Updated
Confirmed cases of COVID-19 skyrocketed last week with the Martha’s Vineyard boards of health reporting 101 new cases between March 28 and April 3.
The...
A new day for Sunset Lake
In 2010, a group of neighbors living near Sunset Lake in Oak Bluffs had an idea to improve the lake. Eleven years later, that...
Court denies tribe’s latest appeal
Updated @6:40 pm
A federal appeals court has rejected a request for an en banc review of the Wampanoag Tribe of Gay Head (Aquinnah) versus...
Island police implicit bias training set for May
Members of the Island’s six police departments will engage in an implicit and unconscious bias training on May 4, 5, and 6.
The training will...
West Tisbury firefighters snuff out deck fire
Just before 4 pm Sunday, West Tisbury firefighters responded to a deck fire at 232 Longview Road.
“It started right in the center of the...
Vineyard Wind downplays insurance risk
At a Friday morning project presentation hosted by the Cape Cod Technical Council, a Vineyard Wind executive downplayed the prospect vessel insurers will prohibit...
MVRHS field hearing focuses on PFAS
The Martha’s Vineyard Commission (MVC) heard additional expert testimony Thursday on the toxicological findings related to per- and poly-fluoralalkyl substances (PFAS) in synthetic turf...
Grand jury could hear Reagan case
Alleged kidnapper Felix Reagan came before Edgartown District Court Judge Benjamin Barnes remotely Friday morning for a pretrial conference, and faced the likelihood charges...
Shirley’s, Barn close due to COVID cases
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By Brian Dowd and Lucas Thors
Two Island businesses are closed as the Island has seen its biggest increase in positive COVID-19 cases in the...
That shaking feeling was not an earthquake
That jolt you felt around 10:45 am Friday was not an earthquake, according to a geophysicist with the United States Geological Survey (USGS).
“Our best...
Waiting our turn
OK, so I’m feeling a little hostile and mean-spirited right about now. I finally said it! My husband, my older half, just got his...
Harbor Homes receives $1,725 from Client’s Choice
Harbor Homes of Martha’s Vineyard recently received a $1,725 check through Feiner Real Estate’s Client’s Choice program, which will go toward purchasing property in...
Not your garden-variety prank
Drive by the Howes House Up-Island Council on Aging across from Alley’s General Store on any given April Fools' Day, and you may see...
Steven J. Maida
Steven J. Maida died unexpectedly on March 27, 2021. He was 57 years old.
Steven was the son of Margaret Maida of Chilmark and Charles...
MV@Work: Caring for our kids
There are many unsung heroes of the pandemic, and I’m grateful to Richie Smith, Assistant Superintendent of Martha’s Vineyard Schools, for suggesting that I...
O.B. joins state in SUP land taking
Oak Bluffs plans to take land from Eastville homeowners to facilitate a shared-use path (SUP) project. The land taking will come in addition to...
SSA offers priority passage for vaccine appointments
Beginning April 1, the Steamship Authority is treating vaccine appointments the same as medical appointments for Vineyard residents traveling off-Island.
Residents traveling off-Island will have...
