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Mansion House pays for illegal water pumping
The Mansion House Inn paid $21,400 for illegally pumping an estimated 15,000 to 25,000 gallons of groundwater per day into the town’s wastewater treatment...
UPDATE: Snow cancels schools; causes delays
Updated 1/7 @7:40 am
This time the snow came.
For the second time this week, a winter storm watch was in effect for Martha’s Vineyard. While...
West Tisbury accepts housing bank warrant article
West Tisbury became the fifth of six Island towns to put a housing bank article on this spring’s annual town meeting.
During a Zoom meeting...
Hospice MV offers free grief workshop
Hospice and Palliative Care of Martha’s Vineyard is offering a specialized grief workshop for seven weeks beginning Sunday, Jan. 16.
“Making Meaning from Grief” will...
Encourage more volunteers
We’re always struck by the number of people who give of themselves to make their communities a better place to live. Four years ago...
Tisbury commission key to marine project’s permits
Tisbury’s conservation commission continued its hearing on a proposed offshore wind farm operations and maintenance (O and M) facility at the Tisbury Marine Terminal...
Edgartown puts housing bank article on warrant
Edgartown voters will make their decision on the housing bank this spring following a 2-1 vote by the Edgartown select board to place the...
UPDATED: Give West Tisbury feedback on a proposed housing bylaw
Updated January 6
Preserve West Tisbury, a subcommittee of the West Tisbury planning board, is planning to hold a public presentation about its proposed housing...
MVRHS sports wrapup
Girls basketball drops game to Nauset
The Vineyarder girls basketball team had a quiet week, and their record fell to 0-3 in a loss to...
Boy hoopsters beat Barnstable
The Vineyarders boys basketball team beat Barnstable on Tuesday, 57-40. Ryan Koster had a career night, with 27 points and eight steals.
“He played with...
O’Keefe won’t seek re-election
Cape and Islands District Attorney Michael O’Keefe won’t seek a sixth term, his office announced Wednesday morning. A former Dennis Police officer, O’Keefe and...
$100,000 for Vineyard dunes and coastal habitat restoration
State Sen. Julian Cyr, D-Truro, secured $100,000 from the American Rescue Plan (ARPA) stimulus funds “to nourish and restore beach dunes and coastal habitat...
A chance at the hot seat
“How in the world do you get these gigs?” was the text I received from my brother living in San Francisco after I returned...
The Lives They Led: July – Sep. 2021
July 4: Frances Elizabeth Smith, 93, Oak Bluffs
Frances worked at the Edgartown Senior Center, and was a member of the Federated Church in Edgartown....
Through his lens
A first read of “Asia Calling: A Photographer's Notebook 1980-1997” will grab you, though not likely in ways you were expecting.
Documentary photographer Ed Grazda...
I Love Jan Buhrman Part II: A Christmas Story
As a naval architect and marine engineer, my father traveled all over the globe, returning home with stories about the wonderful and sometimes unusual...
Benefits of journaling
Journaling has many great benefits — it allows you to be introspective, thoughtful, and it improves your writing abilities. Lara Tupper, who taught writing...
New reflections
The intense and introspective photographs and paintings of Island artists Washington Ledesma and Dena Porter are back thanks to Pathways Arts. This time, Ledesma’s...
Join the Pasta Club
Chef Katie Leaird brings a special meeting of the Pasta Club to the FARM Institute. For January, participants will use farm fresh eggs and...
Adult Community Dance Class at the West Tisbury library
Get ready for a live Adult Community Dance Class hosted by the West Tisbury library on Saturdays, from 10:30 to 11:30 am. Starting Jan....