The voices of MVRHS sports
This winter, hundreds of Islanders tuned in every week to follow the varsity MVRHS boys and girls hockey and basketball teams, live, on Facebook and YouTube.
On the ice, the boys made it all the...
MVRHS Sports Wrap-up – Mar 29 – Spring Week #1
Season preview
This week, the spring season will officially kick off for MVRHS athletes and coaches, taking part in their first games, matches, and meets. Things began yesterday, when the boys lacrosse team traveled to...
Oak Bluffs appoints Island’s first woman harbormaster
Updated March 29
The Oak Bluffs Select Board voted to appoint Emily deBettencourt to the position of harbormaster on Tuesday, making her the first woman harbormaster in Oak Bluffs.
According to Island town officials, deBettencourt is...
Sowing the seeds of a wrestling renaissance
Up until very recently, there hadn’t been a wrestling program at Martha’s Vineyard Regional High School for more than 40 years. But everything changed last school year when Coach Jerry Kadien and then-sophomore M.J....
Adults win third straight Island Cup
On Sunday afternoon, the Vineyard’s tennis community took part in its third annual Island Cup, featuring a series of doubles matches between MVRHS tennis players and longtime students of the game.
It was the first...
24 right whales sighted south of Martha’s Vineyard
An aerial survey team from the New England Aquarium has detected a number of North Atlantic right whales south of Martha’s Vineyard, prompting the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) to enact “slow zones"...
Bids out for Oak Bluffs’ new roundabout
The Oak Bluffs Select Board approved the issuing of a request for proposals for the construction of the North Bluff/Seaview Avenue project, which will include a new roundabout.
The project will feature a landscaped rotary...
Contested select board races for Island town elections
With the annual town elections right around the corner, voters will soon be tasked with choosing new members to represent them in local government.
In Oak Bluffs, two of the five select board members, Ryan...
Back Door Donuts goes to Fenway Park
Updated March 4
Owners of the iconic Oak Bluffs eatery Back Door Donuts have announced a new pop-up bakery slated to open this month at Fenway Park’s historic Lansdowne Street in Boston: “BDD stans asked...
DeSantis seeks to dismiss migrant flight lawsuit
Florida officials responsible for the Sept. 14, 2022, flights carrying nearly 50 Venezuelan and Peruvian migrants to Martha’s Vineyard are seeking dismissal of a class action filed against them last year.
Largely considered a “political...
Eighth grade travel team crowned champions of Cape Cod
On Sunday, Feb. 12, the Martha’s Vineyard eighth grade boys’ travel basketball team faced Barnstable for the Cape Cod championship crown. With an intense 57-48 victory over their rivals, Coach Jeremy Light’s team officially...
Chess fever on the ferry
On Tuesday afternoon, the Martha’s Vineyard Regional High School chess team played an exhibition match for the books.
Taking place on the 2:30 pm ferry ride from Woods Hole, the Vineyarders and Falmouth Academy Mariners...
MVRHS sports wrap-up
MVRHS swimmers represent the Island at States
This weekend, Coach Jen Passafiume traveled with her five best swimmers to Boston to compete at the Division II State Championships at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Senior...
Pfizer shuts down Vineyard Lyme vaccine trial
Less than six months after the first experimental Lyme disease vaccine was administered on-Island, pharmaceutical company Pfizer has announced the discontinuation of the clinical trials at a number of locations, including the Vineyard.
Last year,...
MVRHS sports wrap-up
Girls’ hockey on historic run
This past week, the Vineyarders had three big wins against Falmouth away (Feb. 8), Nantucket at home (Feb. 11), and Boston Latin at home (Feb. 12). Coming off a victory...
MVRHS sports wrap-up
Girls’ hockey with historic win over Barnstable
The Vineyarders had only one game this past week, but they made it a special one, beating Barnstable for the first time in school history. Their 3-2 overtime...
Aquinnah weighs sustainable energy options
Aquinnah will need more information before any sustainable energy options can be pursued.
Aquinnah climate and energy committee chair Bill Lake brought updates to the board about sustainable energy during a Tuesday evening select board...
To charge or not to charge for tickets?
You don’t have to pay to cheer on athletes from Martha’s Vineyard Regional High School for the rest of the winter season, but whether that will remain beyond the season will be determined at...
Keating pushes for special tribunal against Russia
U.S. Rep. Bill Keating, D-Bourne, chair of the House Foreign Affairs Subcommittee on Europe, Energy, the Environment, and Cyber, reintroduced legislation calling for President Joe Biden to “support the establishment of an international tribunal...
ARPA funding to go toward West Tisbury PFAS problem
The West Tisbury select board unanimously approved American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) funding for per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) issues.
During the previous board meeting, it was revealed that the town was being held responsible...