Brian Dowd
O.B. voters approve bottle ban
Updated 9:30 pm
Oak Bluffs became the fifth Island town to adopt Plastic Free MV’s plastic water and soft drink bottle bylaw at annual town...
Torres, Sayles, Smith to play college football
Three Martha’s Vineyard High School student athletes inked their futures in a signing ceremony at Sancy Pachico Gym in Oak Bluffs Friday.
Joined by family...
Vaccine bus announces Vineyard schedule
A medically-equipped vaccine bus offering free walk-up COVID-19 vaccines will be on-Island Saturday.
The bus will make its first stop at the Portuguese American Club...
Drive-in movies are back
The Oak Bluffs select board unanimously approved the Martha’s Vineyard Film Festival’s request to continue a drive-in movie series at the YMCA and add...
Vaccine bus headed to Vineyard
A medically equipped Yankee bus will be on-Island beginning this weekend to offer free Johnson & Johnson and Pfizer vaccinations to Islanders who have...
Ag Fair set for August comeback
Get ready for skillet tossing, blue ribbons, and carnival games, because the Martha’s Vineyard Agricultural Fair is back.
Wanting to return to a sense of...
Giordano becomes gold medalist
Ryan Giordano successfully passed his senior moves in the field test for U.S. Figure Skating, becoming the Martha’s Vineyard Figure Skating Club’s most recent...
Piazza voices Church Street chargers concern
Upper Main Street resident Sara Piazza gave a presentation to the Edgartown select board Monday to voice her opposition to the proposed inductive chargers...
COVID cases continue decline
New cases of COVID-19 declined for the third week in a row with the Martha’s Vineyard boards of health reporting 32 new cases last...
Edgartown to make fireworks decision
There's still hope for Fourth of July fireworks in Edgartown.
Despite the cancellation announced in Falmouth this week, and the early decision for Oak Bluffs...
MVC closes Harbor View hearing
The Martha’s Vineyard Commission closed out the public hearing for modifications to the Harbor View Hotel, leaving the written record open for two more...
Vaccine supply high as demand decreases
Vaccine supply at the Martha’s Vineyard Hospital is increasing as demand is dropping.
Speaking to reporters on a conference call Wednesday morning, hospital president and...
Five confirmed cases Tuesday
The Martha’s Vineyard boards of health reported five new cases of COVID-19 Tuesday all from the Martha’s Vineyard Hospital.
There have been nine new cases...
Coalition outlines housing bank
In its first public listening session, members of the Coalition to Create the Martha’s Vineyard Housing Bank gave a presentation on their “first draft...
45 COVID cases last week
The weekly number of confirmed cases of COVID-19 continues a downward trend with the Martha’s Vineyard boards of health reporting 45 cases last week.
The...
Early fire damages two homes in Oak Bluffs
Oak Bluffs, Tisbury, and Edgartown firefighters knocked out an early morning fire on Narragansett Avenue that damaged two homes.
Speaking to The Times by phone,...
Conservation commission violated meeting law
The state attorney general’s office made a ruling Thursday that the Edgartown conservation commission violated open meeting law last year by meeting in executive...
MVC approves Stone Bank condos
The Martha’s Vineyard Commission unanimously approved the old Stone Bank project in Vineyard Haven, which will turn the historic fieldstone building, formerly the Santander...
COVID vaccine FAQs
A public forum was hosted Wednesday evening by Communication Ambassador Partnership, an interagency group aimed at bridging communication for the Island’s Portuguese-speaking population,...
‘Doughnut hole’ heads to state legislature
The town of Oak Bluffs and the Martha’s Vineyard Land Bank have petitioned state Sen. Julian Cyr, D-Truro, and state Rep. Dylan Fernandes, D-Falmouth,...