The Martha's Vineyard Times
Sail Martha’s Vineyard offers captain’s course
Sail Martha's Vineyard is offering instruction geared toward getting a commercial captain's license once again this winter.
An informational meeting is scheduled for Thursday, January...
Shedding light on electric co-op and Island concerns
Cape Light Compact (CLC) administrator Maggie Downey will provide a power-point presentation and answer questions about the recently formed Cape and Vineyard Electric Cooperative...
Despite the weather, thanks
To the Editor:
While the weather hampered some well-laid plans for Martha's Vineyard's Last Night First Day celebration, we would like to recognize the role...
Question 2 will work
To the Editor:
As Question 2 is being implemented across the state, opponents just can't resist clamoring that the new law reducing penalties for adult...
Guns and sneakers
To the Editor:
The outgoing, twice-elected Bush/Cheney administration should be feted for its strong support of Israel, America's most reliable ally in the Middle East....
Fisheries mis-management
To the Editor:
Are the seiners going to steal your bait in 2009?
They will if new regulations being proposed by the Massachusetts Division of Marine...
Emergency training for school personnel
To the Editor:
On January 6 and 7, staff from the Martha's Vineyard Public Schools and various town officials participated in a two-day Island-wide school...
Bike paths will mean longer ferry lines
To the Editor:
The December 31 Martha's Vineyard Times article about the Chappy bike path controversy might lead the reader to believe that my comments,...
A story and a lesson
To the Editor:
One of my Christmas cards was returned to me today marked "Undeliverable." Having known the lady to whom the card had been...
Our incarcerated guests
Every review of the vital services provided the community at the Dukes County Jail and House of Correction revives the community debate over whether...
Martha’s Vineyard District Court Report
December 18, 2008
Tucker C. Smith, Chilmark; DOB 9/5/84, operating motor vehicle with suspended license and possession of Class D drug (marijuana): continued to pretrial...
State of our state
To the Editor:
Each member in our fifth grade class is working on a project called "Parade of States." We are responsible for gathering as...
Bad timing
To the Editor:
I find it absolutely ridiculous that an article was placed beforehand in the paper about the compliance checks.
It's just like putting...
Inaccessibility
To the Editor:
I was incarcerated in an airtight enclosure of approximately two an a half feet by four feet and several inches on Saturday,...
Shoveling needed
To the Editor:
Five days following last Wednesday's snowfall, little has been done by the Edgartown Highway Department to make sidewalks passable, aside from a...
Issue resolved with state, Sheriff’s Meadow finds issues remain over Gazette coverage
During the past six months Sheriff's Meadow found itself in the unusual position of claiming that it was the victim of unfair and inaccurate...
Our 2009 to-do, no, must-do list
For several years, in the last newspaper of each year, we've asked Island leaders to write about the year ending and the one impending....
Boston lawyer hangs out Vineyard shingle
Jay F. Theise, a Boston-based lawyer and new Aquinnah homeowner, announced that he is now meeting with clients by appointment on Martha's Vineyard.
Mr. Theise...
Cumberland Farms gives ambulance service $1,000
In keeping with its annual tradition of supporting the Last Night First Day celebration on Martha's Vineyard, Cumberland Farms presented a $1,000 donation to...
Edgartown closes Cape Poge to scalloping; yield is down
Edgartown selectmen, on the unanimous recommendation of the town's shellfish committee, voted to close Cape Poge to scalloping beginning tomorrow, January 9.
Several commercial fishermen...