Pull the plug
It remains an embarrassment for the Island that the Martha’s Vineyard Regional High School Committee is suing the Oak Bluffs planning board over the board’s decision to reject a special permit that would have...
Where are you?
Updated Sept. 29
At one point, we actually counted the number of tweets by U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, targeting Martha’s Vineyard, and it was 62 — or about 60 more tweets than he wrote to...
Vineyard pride
We saw the worst of humanity. We saw the best of humanity.
The 50 migrants and refugees from Venezuela were on Martha’s Vineyard for just about 40 hours, but in that time we saw — once...
Are we invested in county government?
With the recent primary election, it seems an opportune time to reflect and raise questions about where we are and where we are headed.
Let’s start with the Dukes County Sheriff. Given the state of...
Don’t fall for sportswashing
As journalists, we are biased when it comes to LIV Golf, and make no apologies for it.
If you’re not familiar with LIV Golf, it’s a professional golf tour that’s being financed by the Saudi...
Get ready to vote
We know you’re still basking in the glow of another successful summer on Martha’s Vineyard. Some of our favorite traditions were back in full swing, with no restrictions — the Oak Bluffs fireworks, the Ag...
Unthinkable grief
It’s every parent’s nightmare. You send your young adult children off into the world, and then receive the worst possible news.
Our heart aches for the parents of Tavaris and Tavaughn Bulgin, the Jamaican nationals...
Put it to a vote
Let’s just be clear about something up front — the Tisbury School committee, select board, and building committee are not responsible for inflation and supply chain issues that are driving up the cost of the...
Be open to change
We’re in the midst of a housing crisis that’s exacerbated a worker shortage on the Island. So inevitably needed off-Island workers need to commute and thus match up work and ferry schedules. A crisis...
Back to zen
Islanders love yoga. Hot yoga. Vinyasa yoga. Restorative yoga. Goat yoga. Llama yoga. We have it all. Yoga is known to increase flexibility, improve muscle strength, help maintain a balanced metabolism, good for cardio...
Cancel the threat
We really wanted to sit this one out. About two weeks ago, a reader tweeted at us about Alan Dershowitz’s appearance on Newsmax, where he claimed he was being “canceled” on the Vineyard.
It felt...
We need traffic solutions
At a recent meeting of some Island business leaders, discussion turned to one of the Island’s nagging problems and its impact on business — traffic flow and the lack thereof.
When one of the individuals suggested...
Keep meetings hybrid
In the early days of the COVID-19 pandemic, the state legislature allowed an exemption to the Open Meeting Law to allow public meetings to be held remotely via Zoom. There were some challenges in...
In the presence of extraordinary women
We fully understand why some women and men weren’t feeling in the spirit to celebrate America’s birthday over the weekend. The overturning of Roe v. Wade by the U.S. Supreme Court has eroded any...
Something to smile about
When you think of dental health and oral care, you may not be thinking of a heart attack at the same time. But you should.
According to the Mayo Clinic, oral health provides a window...
Time to mend fences
Oak Buffs town administrator Deborah Potter appears to have overreacted to questions raised by the town’s finance committee about her dual role as town administrator and town accountant during her first year as town...
Juneteenth: Long overdue
The skillful lawyers and advocates building our case for American independence enumerated the ways in which our rights as citizens in a true democracy, and in fact our fundamental humanity, were denied by British...
Size and use don’t matter
Last week we shared our efforts in attempting to get public records from Dukes County Sheriff Robert Ogden’s office.
At issue are visitor logs from 2011, when David Thrift was being held at the Dukes...
Listen and learn
We interrupt the adult bickering over the field project at Martha’s Vineyard Regional High School to remind you that a school’s priority is to educate children, and to create an environment where the Island’s...
A tale of two committees
Last week we had two divergent stories about the same group of public officials. A school committee eager to spend money on an outside attorney to appeal the Oak Bluffs planning board’s decision not...