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.
Correction
A story published July 22, "Vineyard Cup triumphs over tides, temperatures" included the incorrect names of the winners of Class 3.
Fuel company and manager indicted for failing to report an oil spill
A Dukes County grand jury returned indictments today against a Falmouth-based fuel company and its manager, charging that they failed to report an oil spill in Oak Bluffs, on June 19, 2009.
Bridge deck
Seven tables were in play at the Saturday morning meeting of the Bridge Club of Martha's Vineyard in the Tisbury senior center.
The good works squeeze – As the needs grow, will the support grow too?
The Vineyard Nursing Association (VNA) is a good example.
little league
The 12-year-old Vineyard Little League all star travel team visited Cooperstown, N.
Men’s softball: A ‘Canes blowout
Fans expecting a close, well-played softball game early Monday evening at Tisbury's Veterans Memorial Park, as the Hurricanes and Brewhas faced off in the final game of their scheduled summer season, were disappointed as the high-scoring Brewhas managed only one run and that in the bottom of the first inning.
HHSA sails again
Twelve boats of the Holmes Hole Sailing Association reported to the starting line last Thursday for a 6:00 pm race from red nun 6 to green can 23a at East Chop, then to nun 4 at West Chop and back to red nun 6.
Fisherman ties an elegant knot at Vineyard wedding
There are people who like to fish, and there are fishermen.
East Coast Classic Hockey
Seven hockey teams competed in the third East Coast Classic at the Arena last weekend.
Sightseeing tour proposal sparks strong opposition in Edgartown
Residents opposed to sightseeing tours operating in Edgartown packed a public hearing, convened during the selectmen's regular meeting Monday, to voice their objections.
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.