MVRHS pantry gets boost from Stop & Shop
With the holiday season just around the corner, Martha’s Vineyard Regional High School (MVRHS) has received a boost in its efforts to provide food to students and families in need.
On Thursday, Stop & Shop...
Aquinnah Wampanoag tribal chair unseated by challenger
The Wampanoag Tribe of Gay Head (Aquinnah) will be ushering in a new head of its tribal council, the first time in nearly 20 years.
Kevin Devine was elected Sunday as the new tribal council...
Aquinnah residents question high school project
During a tense meeting at the Aquinnah Select Board last week, town residents raised pointed questions about the cost and other issues surrounding the high school building project, the most recent display of public...
Researchers document first alpha-gal U.S. fatality from food exposure
Researchers have reported the death of a 47-year-old man from New Jersey last year as the first documented case of a person to have died because of an allergic reaction due to the tick-borne...
Steamship offers top manger job to external candidate
The Steamship Authority is ushering in a new era after its board decided to forgo promoting an internal candidate to lead the operation.
The Steamship Authority board gathered virtually on Thursday morning for one purpose:...
Lightning strike sidelines air traffic control tower
The air-traffic control tower at Martha’s Vineyard Airport was sidelined for a day after a lightning strike hit the transformer powering the tower. Several Cape Air flights were canceled as a result, and a...
Health report highlights gaps in care
While Martha’s Vineyard is considered one of the most physically healthy communities in Massachusetts, there are holes in healthcare coverage and concerning statistics — the Island has the highest suicide rate in the state,...
Small businesses anxious over looming insurance costs
With lawmakers on Capitol Hill poised to end the longest shutdown in history, small business owners and middle-income earners across the country have been following the news anxiously.
Here on an Island with the second...
Red and green streak Island skies
Vineyarders got a show Tuesday night when the aurora borealis, or northern lights, graced the Island skyline as a result of severe solar storms. The sight was the second time in about a year...
Honoring the Island’s bravest
Men and women in military garb from all ends of the Island marched through a frigid Oak Bluffs in cadence with flags held high this afternoon, honoring and displaying the indomitable spirit of veterans...
Hospital purchases West Tisbury medical center
Martha’s Vineyard Hospital has purchased a West Tisbury property that has housed several independent medical practices as it looks to expand access for primary care, and two doctors at the Indian Hill Road center...
Community foundation awards Island $25,000 in emergency funding
Amid recent cuts to social service programming, the Martha’s Vineyard Community Foundation is awarding $25,000 in emergency funding to address food insecurity on the Island.
More than 1,000 year-round residents were affected by SNAP cuts...
Turbine blade fractures in Plymouth
Updated Nov. 11
Visible off Route 25 before the Bourne Bridge on the way to the Island, a small onshore wind farm around a cranberry bog in Plymouth that has operated for almost a decade...
M.V. Playhouse director to retire
MJ Bruder Munafo, the artistic and executive director of Martha’s Vineyard Playhouse, who has been at the Tisbury theater organization for four decades, announced that she will be retiring at the end of the...
Steamship interviews two general manager finalists
The Steamship Authority is poised to select its new general manager to lead the fleet by the end of the week after interviewing two final candidates on Friday — an internal candidate who has...
Honoring the legacy of Gus Ben David
Gus Ben David was nothing short of an Island legend. A beloved naturalist, educator, and wildlife advocate, his work profoundly shaped environmental understanding on Martha’s Vineyard. As the first director of Felix Neck Wildlife,...
Food pantry lands state grant
The Island Grown Initiative (IGI) has received a nearly $600,000 grant from Massachusetts Governor Maura Healey’s administration to help meet growing food needs on the Vineyard.
The nonprofit received $588,475 through the Massachusetts Department of...
Vineyard back in drought
Massachusetts officials announced Friday that the Vineyard is once again in a drought, this time a significant one.
Energy and Environmental Affairs (EEA) Secretary Rebecca Tepper provided an update, noting that while much of the...
SSA investigating freight ferry propeller damage
Stumped by what may have happened, the Steamship Authority is investigating damage to eight propeller blades on the vessel Barnstable, which has knocked the freight ferry out of service.
Last Tuesday, Steamship staff outlined the...
Hospice Care recipient of calendar fundraiser
In honor of National Hospice and Palliative Care Month, and as an ode to his family’s personal experience, Vineyard photographer Michael Blanchard donated $5,000 to Hospice & Palliative Care of Martha’s Vineyard (HPCMV).
The proceeds...