Monthly Archives: June 2025
Former sheriff’s officer arrested for child pornography possession
A former deputy for the Dukes County Sheriff’s Department was indicted Monday by a grand jury for possession of child pornography.
Patrick Doran, 29, from...
Standing one person away from history
The descendant of two of the most iconic civil rights advocates in American history was front and center of a discussion hosted on-Island this...
Aquinnah
On the last Wednesday of every month, the Up-Island Council on Aging hosts a free lunch gathering for seniors at the Town Hall. It...
Health advisory issued for Seth’s Pond
The town of West Tisbury has issued a health advisory for Seth’s Pond off Lambert’s Cove Road for high readings of bacteria.
The town’s parks...
MVC awarded funds to improve water quality
The Martha’s Vineyard Commission announced Friday that the Massachusetts Department of Environmental Protection awarded two grants totaling $380,000 to the commission’s water resources department.
The...
Fauci, Pulitzer winners headline Institute series
The Summer Institute, now in its 26th year, will present a series of speakers from the frontlines of science, politics, and the arts on...
Singing for the Island’s elders
Singer-songwriters with Island ties debuted new music and lulled the audience with familiar tunes for a cause on Friday night: a benefit for elder...
Islanders gather for reproductive rights on Dobbs anniversary
Close to the three year anniversary since Roe V. Wade was overturned, dozens of people of all ages, hoisting colorful signs, rallied at Five...
Tisbury Great Pond positive for blue-green algae
The West Tisbury and Chilmark Boards of Health issued a cyanobacteria bloom advisory for several regions of Tisbury Great Pond after samples taken Wednesday...
Commission approves controversial Spring Street development
The Martha’s Vineyard Commission on Thursday gave its approval to 97 Spring Street, a nine-bedroom project in Vineyard Haven intended for workforce housing that’s...
Preschool breaks ground in Chilmark
Behind the Chilmark school’s jungle gym on the Beetlebung campus Friday morning, early childhood education stakeholders were joined by Island families and friends to...
Montessori school hopes to double infant childcare options
One local private school has taken steps to address the acute shortage in infant and toddler care on the Island, but while everything is...
‘From survivor to advocate: Why ferry safety can’t wait’
To the Editor:
As someone who has dedicated much of my professional life to the ferry industry, I feel compelled to speak up after reading...
Third annual Sharks game to benefit the MVCS veterans outreach program
To the Editor:
Thursday, July 3, the Vineyard Sharks will, again, be honoring Vineyard veterans at the 7:05 pm game. Proceeds from the game will...
Be respectful of federal officials
To the Editor:
I never knew that enforcement of our federal immigration laws was “despicable,” since I write as one whose grandparents were all immigrants,...
A letter to the Island
To the Editor:
Twenty years you’ve held me through thick and thin, season after season. You have been here to nurture me through life’s traumas...
Losing — and fighting for — the soul of Chappaquiddick
To the Editor:
After yet another town meeting last week, where private landowners repeated the same tired, and frankly boring, narrative, I found myself reflecting...
‘Jaws,’ capitalism and Fidel Castro
“It was 1975, and Fidel Castro was reading ‘Jaws.’”
Wendy Benchley shared that complex shard of history with me. She’s the widow of Peter Benchley,...
Molding an appreciation for preservation
At the Carnegie Heritage Center in Edgartown on Tuesday, the Vineyard Preservation Trust — in the midst of celebrating fifty years — honored five...
Brazil consul general: ‘Our work has intensified’
BOSTON — On a recent Saturday, the Brazilian consulate was filled with parents and their children — babies to toddlers, to 10-year-olds — picking...