The Martha's Vineyard Times
First Friday Fun
First Friday is a free community event in Vineyard Haven that happens on the first Friday of every month from June through October, and...
Real Estate Transactions: Nov. 18 – 29, 2024
Aquinnah
Nov. 19, Motco LLC sold 1 Skippers View Lane to SVLA LLC for $4,575,000.
Nov. 22, Timothy M. Collins and Susan M. Collins sold 6...
Court Report: Nov. 18 – 25, 2024
Nov. 18
James C. Murray, Edgartown, operating motor vehicle under the influence of liquor, negligent operation of motor vehicle, left scene of property damage, arraigned...
Changes needed for Steamship
To the Editor:
I attended the meeting Tuesday night of the various SSA folks, held at the request of Christine Sherman Todd, chairman of the...
Stop State Forest pine clearing
To the Editor
Has the DCR gone berserk? How else to explain its plan to clear-cut more than 10,000 white pine trees from the State...
Improvements needed for reservation system
To the Editor:
I recently made a reservation for a round-trip between M.V. and Falmouth. Needing to return earlier, I went to the Steamship website...
Advice for special counsel
To the Editor:
I was a career prosecutor for 17 years in Southeastern Pennsylvania, where I tried every kind of criminal case, including the successful...
Oversight on Holmes Hole misguided
To the Editor:
The MVC and the Oak Bluffs zoning board seem to be overlooking a crucial issue on the Island: housing. Is there a...
Mopeds are on the way out; let’s get ahead of e-bikes
To the Editor:
This is in response to an article in The MV Times about mopeds (“The price to end moped rentals: $1.9 million,” Nov....
Use the tools available to shift the burden on housing
For our Island to be a sustainable place to live for all of us, we are going to have to think much more about...
SSA warns of possible cancellations
The Steamship Authority is warning passengers that gusty winds may lead to ferry cancellations over the next few days.
“The National Weather Service is predicting...
Jason Leslie Mitchell
Jason Leslie Mitchell, 41, of Berlin and Martha's Vineyard, died suddenly and unexpectedly on Nov. 23, 2024, at UMass Medical Center in Worcester. He...
The fudge is going to Nantucket
A package of Murdick’s Fudge is expected to arrive in the Nantucket Current newsroom this week, courtesy of the Martha’s Vineyard Times and the...
Brian J. Walsh
Brian J. Walsh, 70, of Hingham and Edgartown died unexpectedly on Saturday evening, Nov. 30, 2024, at the Martha’s Vineyard Hospital. He was the...
Services this week for Charles H. Lewis
Charles H. Lewis, 71, of West Tisbury died on Wednesday, Nov. 27, 2024, at the McCarthy Care Center in Sandwich. He was the father...
Police: suspect arrested in break-in cases
Developing
Tisbury Police announced on Wednesday afternoon a suspect has been arrested for the string of breaking-and-entering incidents in down-Island towns this fall.
The “multi-jurisdictional investigation”...
The High School View: The Island Cup; Wampanoag students
Read the MVRHS High School View: 11-27-2024
The High School View is staffed and prepared entirely by students from the Martha’s Vineyard Regional High School,...
Raising stakes on the Island Cup
It’ll be Aunt Leah's Fudge — a downtown staple on Nantucket — for the MV Times newsroom if the Vineyard football team can keep...
Dickens Christmas Village
Check out the magical annual Dickens Christmas Village, courtesy of Debbie and Dave Brown. The collection is made up of hundreds of individual pieces...
Annual holiday family craft
Make an adorable gnome with your family during a drop-in craft class at the Oak Bluffs library. All supplies and instructions are provided. Children...