Daniel Greenman
What’s new at the Ag Fair
The 163rd annual Martha’s Vineyard Agricultural Fair will take place from Thursday, August 21, to Sunday, August 24, at the Ag Hall fairgrounds in...
What’s new at the Ag Fair
The 163rd annual Martha’s Vineyard Agricultural Fair will take place from Thursday, August 21, to Sunday, August 24, at the Ag Hall fairgrounds in...
Mirth and immersion at Jewish Culture Festival
On August 5 the Jewish Cultural Festival will return, offering a celebration of Jewish culture open to attendees of all faiths, with plenty of...
Dr. Fauci is in
One of the country’s most recognizable public figures from the COVID and AIDS pandemics made an appearance on-Island last Thursday.
After a visit to the...
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...
Aquinnah celebrates new lighthouse beacon, a decade since move
A crowd of around 50 Islanders gathered at the Aquinnah Cliffs on Friday to mark the restoration of the iconic Gay Head Light, a...
Hundreds gather to remember Ron Rappaport
Ron Rappaport, the prominent local attorney and Island native who passed away unexpectedly last summer at the age of 74, was remembered by hundreds...
‘Jaws’ Broadway play on Martha’s Vineyard
The Broadway play “The Shark Is Broken,” a comedy-drama based on the making of the movie “Jaws,” is coming to the Vineyard this summer...
Aquinnah selectman challenger promises new voices
Candidates for Aquinnah’s select board spoke their minds at a public forum last month, addressing housing worries and whether to regionalize a short-staffed police...
William Luers, diplomat who backed Czech Republic’s first president, dies at 95
William H. Luers, a summer Island resident across four decades, career diplomat, and former president of the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York...
Aquinnah approves borrowing for building repairs
Voters at Aquinnah annual town meeting approved borrowing to fund repairs at town buildings, and voted to place on the ballot a debt exclusion...
Tisbury wraps up town meeting, approves new positions
Tisbury wrapped its second and final night of its spring town meeting Wednesday after falling below quorum in the middle of approving the warrant...
Tisbury town meeting denies municipal housing renovations, returning for a second night
Tisbury will need to finish off its annual town meeting on Wednesday after attendance fell below quorum on Tuesday night about halfway through the...
Chilmark, Tisbury to vote on leaf-blower ban
Chilmark and Tisbury voters are set to vote on phasing out the use of gas-powered leaf blowers — possibly becoming the fourth and fifth...
Burning for Mother Nature
Updated April 28.
A dozen Vineyarders spent Earth Day morning at a private home in Edgartown, gathered around a big metal box with flames leaping...
Earth Day: crabs, crafts, and trash
After many spent the first part of the day collecting trash from Island beaches, Vineyarders flocked to the M.V. Museum on Saturday for the...
High school project down to four final designs
Island officials have narrowed down preliminary designs for the high school building project to four final concepts, one of which includes a new performing...
Tisbury faces backlash over bench removals
Editor's note: The select board will discuss the issue during a meeting on Tuesday, April 22. The meeting is scheduled for 4:30 pm.
Many Islanders...
Live orchestra, Orca replica part of ‘Jaws’ 50th celebrations
Two months ahead of the 50th anniversary of “Jaws,” businesses are finalizing plans for the big summer season, which include a screening with a...
Federal cuts jeopardize Island disease research
The jobs of two Vineyard health professionals are in jeopardy due to federal funding cuts, which threaten to hold back local public health efforts.
The...