Monthly Archives: June 2024
Turn up the volume on calls for affordable housing legislation
A wave of disappointment is crashing here on the Island in reaction to this week’s news that hopes are fading in this legislative session...
The Island’s hidden homeless
Jonathan Scoggins sat up halfway from his position lying in the shade to arrange a small fan, powered by his portable solar panel, at...
Osprey nest blamed for Oak Bluffs power outage
Updated 10:53 pm
More than 2,000 Eversource customers in Oak Bluffs were struck by a power outage on Wednesday night.
Eversource officials say an osprey nest...
Vineyard Little Leaguers in World Series hunt
Martha’s Vineyard had a great start to the Little League World Series qualifiers on Saturday, as both the 12U and 11U ballclubs collected wins...
Sunrise Wind cleared to start construction
Another industrial offshore wind farm off the coast of the Vineyard is preparing to start construction.
The Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) approved Sunrise...
Good eats at Midnight Mediterranean
We’ve been thinking of visiting Midnight Mediterranean by Jim’s Package Store in Oak Bluffs for a few weeks now. (If only I could spell...
Court Report: June 6-24, 2024
June 6
James Hart, Vineyard Haven; 28, disorderly conduct, vandalism of property, resisting arrest: continued to pretrial hearing.
June 10
Radcliffe Romijn, Vineyard Haven; 52, uninsured motor...
Continuing the legacy
Last Wednesday, June 19, a less recognizable red, white, and blue flag was raised at the Tabernacle in Oak Bluffs in honor of Juneteenth....
Tisbury hires a new harbormaster
Gary Kovack has been tapped to be the new harbormaster in Tisbury. The town’s select board offered Kovack — a former U.S. Coast Guard...
Book, film, composing
Movies and music have long gone together. Before the “talkies” of the 1920s, a piano or organ player improvised, matching the action on the...
Oak Bluffs
“I wonder what it would be like to live in a world where it was always June.” –L.M. Montgomery
Driving along State Beach last week,...
Music at Featherstone Summer 2024
Before Featherstone Center for the Arts was officially Featherstone, music graced its beautiful campus. “It is just the most glorious setting for music,” says...
Nordic walking
Dozens of Vineyarders gathered recently at Polly Hill Arboretum to learn about Nordic walking, a low-impact, full-body exercise that comes highly commended by doctors,...
And the beat goes on
“Music has always intrigued me,” says Richard Paradise, founder and executive director of the Martha’s Vineyard Film Society. The upcoming 10th Filmusic Festival celebrates...
‘Anything Is Good’
“I could not have written this book without the storytelling gift and unsettling insights of Ralph Silverman,” reads the preface to Fred Waitzkin's new...
An afternoon of classical piano
Listen to beautiful music while supporting Hospice of Martha’s Vineyard. Pianist Ken Watson will play works by Clara Schumann, Chopin, Beethoven, Prokofiev, Rachmaninoff, and...
Museum Pieces: Oral histories, Eisenstadt, small business, and more
“I could never in a hundred summers get tired of this.” –Susan Branch
It’s here. The summer of 2024! What memories will we make and...
Enameling and cloisonné workshop
Enameling is an ancient art form applying powdered glass to metal and firing it to fuse, in a kiln or with a torch. Learn...
Wild Side: Planting for wildlife
As environmental awareness grows among the general population, and as the benefits that can come from creating even small-scale wildlife resources grow more apparent,...
50 years of Jaws
This year marks the 50th anniversary of the filming of Steven Spielberg's "Jaws," shot in various locations on the Island. In celebration, the Edgartown...