Monthly Archives: September 2022
Police chief discovers Day records
Updated Sept. 28
Following a public records request by the Martha’s Vineyard Times, Chilmark Police Chief Jonathan Klaren has unearthed previously unavailable records focused on...
Newspaper ads take aim at Martha’s Vineyard
A newspaper that bills itself as the daily newspaper of the Cape and Islands allowed a right-leaning nonprofit to purchase a full-page ad trolling...
Crew shortage causes Sankaty ferry cancellations
The Steamship Authority (SSA) announced Saturday on Facebook that a crew shortage forced cancellations to the freight ferry Sankaty, starting with the 11:05 am...
American lobster fisheries targeted
Updated September 26
Oceana, a nonprofit ocean conservation organization, announced in an early September press release that Monterey Bay Aquarium’s Seafood Watch, a sustainable seafood...
Congress members call for DOJ investigation
Just two days after Island representatives called for a federal investigation by the U.S. Department of Justice, a letter signed by 46 U.S. representatives...
Traffic, parking raised during Meshacket hearing
The Martha’s Vineyard Commission resumed its public hearing on the Meshacket Commons affordable housing project, focusing on parking and traffic, as well as pedestrian...
Responding with the ‘holy yes’
In a joint service Thursday evening, leaders and members from St. Andrew’s Episcopal Church, West Tisbury’s First Congregational Church, Tisbury’s Unitarian Universalist Church, and...
County stands with Chatinover
Dukes County commissioners expressed their support for fellow commissioner Keith Chatinover at their meeting Wednesday afternoon, after Chatinover was the Twitter target of U.S....
W.T. select board mulls roadside rubbish
West Tisbury select board expressed concern Wednesday evening over litter along Edgartown–West Tisbury Road.
“The root of the problem is the dump in Edgartown,” town...
Legislators: Misled migrants deserve justice
Two Beacon Hill lawmakers are calling for an investigation into what they’ve called a “political stunt” that brought nearly 50 migrants and refugees to...
Two-minute warning for Sports Haven
Bill and Caroline Miner came to the Island 25 years ago for a bike ride and saw an opportunity as they pedaled. With a...
MVRHS sports wrap-up
Despite slow start, MV football optimistic
The Vineyarders played their second game of the season on Saturday, losing to a highly regarded Salem team 30-6....
Time to choose the top Manhattan Shorts
The Manhattan Short Film Festival, now in its 25th year, has arrived and is ready for the Island’s audience to pick their favorite films...
Reflections
Paul Doherty is a masterful “painter” of light with his camera, capturing glorious sunrises, transcendent sunsets, and the calm right after storms — making...
Ashley Medowski Gallery brings the outdoors inside
The Ashley Medowski Gallery on Lamberts Cove Road in West Tisbury is a special place, one well worth visiting. It might be said that...
Quaint and cozy
If you were wondering what became of the building on Main Street in Vineyard Haven where Mad Martha's used to be, wonder no more...
Supporting Island youth par for the course
Big Brothers Big Sisters of Cape Cod and the Islands announced in a press release its 34th annual M.V. Big Golf Fore Kids Tournament...
What Are You Watching? ‘How I Met Your Mother’
Rating: 5 out of 5 stars
A tale as old as time. One man on a quest to find true love. The question is, how...
Kids Derby gathers the ‘next generation of anglers’
With the sun climbing into the sky, children anglers and their guardians gathered on Sunday morning at Oak Bluffs pier for the annual Kids...
The films of Alfred Hitchcock
The Chilmark library will host a virtual presentation of the films of legendary film director Alfred Hitchcock on Tuesday, Sept. 27, at 7 pm....