Lola’s back, alcohol license disputed
A judge is set to rule today on a dispute over a liquor license for Lola's Southern Seafood, the Oak Bluffs restaurant that reopened Friday following several weeks of swirling rumors and court action against the owners of the Mediterranean restaurant.
Lightning damage at com center, airport
Lightning strikes last Friday evening near Martha's Vineyard Airport knocked out the Dukes County Communications Center's (DCCC) emergency response dispatching system and damaged one of the airport's critical computer systems.
Menemsha Pond remains closed to shellfishing
Menemsha Pond remains closed to all shellfishing.
Corrections
An ad for Singular Spaces, custom-painted floors by Amy Upton, included an incorrect telephone number.
The nuts and bolts of it: no room for hardware store to grow
Edgartown Hardware, a retail anchor of the downtown Edgartown business district for more than six decades, won a special permit from the zoning board of appeals (ZBA) last week to move to the former Old Colony car dealership building on Edgartown-West Tisbury Road.
Women to begin softball second season
Tuesday, at Veterans War Memorial Park, in a game where the defense outshone the offense, the Shady Ladies shaded the Honeys, 3-2.
FUTBAL, FOOTBALL, IT’S STILL soccer
Last Thursday the lead team of the Martha's Vineyard Football Association (soccer), the Atlantic Football Club, got by a stubborn Coop de Ville squad, 2-1.
Y offers Station Menemsha crew a place to workout
When the Coast Guard Station Menemsha boathouse was destroyed in a massive fire July 12, the 22 crewmembers lost their weight room and workout equipment.
Tennis: Who’s number one?
Some of the Vineyard's best junior tennis players are jousting at Vineyard Youth Tennis every Wednesday evening to determine who is the top gun on the Island.
It’s a date
Saturday & Sunday, August 14-15: Mattakesett—Winnetu Open Tennis Tournament: men's doubles, women's doubles, mixed doubles.
New Conroy Apothecary opens in Oak Bluffs
A second Conroy Apothecary recently opened in Oak Bluffs in the newly restored Noyes building at 82 Penacook Avenue at the corner of Circuit Avenue.
Brian Murphy on NOAA ship deployed to Gulf
As Islanders keep a watchful eye on news of the BP oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico, Brian E.
A good deed repaid during a harrowing offshore trip
For Dave Kadison and Gary Mirando of Vineyard Haven, a pleasant day fishing well south of Martha's Vineyard for tuna and mahi-mahi turned into a frightening overnight return trip home, at the end of a Good Samaritan's tow rope amid crackling lightning bolts and heaving seas.
Committee appointments spark friction in Oak Bluffs
Oak Bluffs selectmen approved a long list of reappointments to town boards and committees at their Tuesday meeting, but it was the appointments they postponed that sparked friction.
Martha’s Vineyard Hospital nixes deal to swap clinic for parking spaces
The Martha's Vineyard Hospital has pulled out of a complex land swap involving the state Department of Mental Health (DMH) and a private walk-in clinic.
West Tisbury selects Habitat to develop three affordable houses
Following more than three years of meetings, discussions, debates, and a special town meeting, West Tisbury selectmen last week named Habitat for Humanity of Martha's Vineyard the developer of three affordable houses on Bailey Park Road.
Teachers, schools reach contract agreement
After a yearlong, arduous process, teachers in the Martha's Vineyard Public Schools (MVPS) and the All-Island School Committee (AISC) reached an agreement on a new union contract that will cost taxpayers about $1.
Martha’s Vineyard Hospital outlines plans for use of old building
Yellow tape blocks the door that until one month ago was the entrance to the Martha's Vineyard Hospital emergency room.