Monthly Archives: February 2024
Veterans’ Corner
The Dukes County Veterans Services department serves the veterans of all seven towns within Dukes County. The Veterans Service Officer helps veterans obtain all...
West Tisbury: Spring break, soup and bread lunches, and town voting system
It’s the last day of this Leap Year in February. Funny to have such a simple solution every four years to straighten out our...
Tisbury: Fulling Mill Brook, ‘Living on Wampanoag Territory,’ mystery movie, and Vineyard lawns
Heard on Main Street: “Be who you are and say what you feel because those who mind don't matter and those who matter don't...
Oak Bluffs: Bob Marley, Leap Day, Percy Cowen, Ag Fair poster, and Built on...
“The greatness of a man is not in how much wealth he acquires, but in his integrity and his ability to affect those around...
Edgartown: M.V. Film Center, Senior Dinner, Neighborhood Convention, and ice skating
Our crocuses are blooming! Does this mean spring is arriving early? Hopefully they know what they are doing. It’s lovely to see them and...
Chilmark: Animal Health Care Associates and Up-Island Council on Aging
This week is spring break. Many are off on adventures. Many are enjoying home. Some are starting seeds.
I am sick with a head cold....
Aquinnah: Grateful for SSA, Tech Pro for seniors, ACE MV, and special anniversary
Charley and I had to go off-Island last week and I want to say thank you to the employees of the Steamship Authority. Getting...
Poet’s Corner: ‘Snowdrift’
Snowdrift
By Fan S. Ogilvie
Look at a snowdrift of spring Kousa
dogwood blossoms backed by a writer’s
shed on top of which turns a brass and
gold weathervane—the...
Cribbage Club results
Twenty-two Vineyard Cribbage Club members met on Wednesday at the MVRHS Culinary Dining Hall in Oak Bluffs to play our favorite game- The results...
Real Estate Transactions: Feb. 19 – 23, 2024
Edgartown
Feb. 23, Jocelyn R. Rosenthal sold 0 Harborside Inn Condo Unit 307 Week 34 to Moji Ghavidel and Scarlett Ghavidel for $24,000.
Oak Bluffs
Feb. 23,...
Academic honors
Dean’s list
Brooke Crocker of Vineyard Haven, at Tufts University.
Eric Reubens of Vineyard Haven, at Tufts University.
Junior Dos Santos of Vineyard Haven, at Rochester Institute...
Births
Blake Frances Coye
Linsay Coye and Thomas Coye of Edgartown announce the birth of a daughter, Blake Frances Coye, on Feb. 15, 2024, at Martha’s...
Record season for Island deer program
The Martha’s Vineyard Agricultural Society's Community Deer Cooler, maintained to reduce the Island's deer population, stored a record 90 deer this year.
The program has...
Boys basketball captain breaks school scoring record
Senior captain Josh Lake with the Martha’s Vineyard Regional High School basketball team broke the all-time school record for points scored in a single...
Boys hockey hunting for state title
Updated, Feb. 27
Hockey players on the Martha’s Vineyard Regional High School had some fun early this week ahead of their upcoming bid for the...
More election nomination paper deadlines incoming
The annual town elections this year are steadily approaching, and there is still some time left in some towns for those looking to run...
Storm brings cancellations, minor outages
Updated Feb. 28
The stormy weather on Wednesday morning forced the Steamship Authority to cancel several trips.
The cancellations for the Vineyard route began earlier than...
High school struggling to retain coaches
As spring sports registration opens, an ongoing coaching shortage is having an impact on student-athletes.
School officials say the shortage is based on having a...
Dozens of right whales spotted in regional shipping lanes
Marine conservation officials are asking boaters to reduce vessel speeds in the region after dozens of North Atlantic right whales were spotted swimming in...
Feds complete environmental review for New England Wind
Another offshore wind project off the coast of the Vineyard is a step closer to coming to fruition.
The Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM)...