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The Arena and the Y

Like many year-round and destination resort communities, Martha’s Vineyard depends on and is immeasurably enriched by its not-for-profit organizations. Significant private philanthropy underwrites a substantial infrastructure of services, facilities, and land-use initiatives across the...

Good stories never die

Jan Pogue threw her own goodbye party last Friday evening, closing down the Vineyard Stories publishing business she and her late husband John Walter began in 2005. If they were initially fraught with anxiety...

Tiny Houses

Last week’s Times story on tiny houses (Valerie Sonnenthal, The Local, “A Visit With Kathy Rose”) prompted an unusually substantive flurry of thoughtful, enthusiastic support for an innovative approach to expanding the Island’s supply...

Steamship Authority, early reports

The busy season on Martha’s Vineyard usually takes off in earnest around the last week of June, when schools finish up for the year and families become more mobile. Although possibly a bit later...

‘Far-fetched’

Not content to wait for U.S. District Court Judge F. Dennis Saylor IV to decide if the federal Indian Gaming Regulatory Act trumps the settlement that all parties signed in good faith 32 years...

The blessings of 1776

In gatherings large and small on Martha’s Vineyard, at beaches, in backyards, and along Main Street, Edgartown, this Saturday Islanders will join Americans across the United States and celebrate the Fourth of July, and...

Congratulations to the class of 2015

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The weather smiled on the Martha’s Regional High School Class of 2015 Sunday. It was as perfect a Vineyard day as one could wish. Life for the 160 graduates who marched up on stage...

Understanding no

In an 18-page decision handed down Monday, June 8, Superior Court Justice Cornelius J. Moriarty II made mincemeat out of the Dukes County Commission and its most recent lamebrained and costly efforts to meddle...

Moving lighthouses

The Island’s smallest town has accomplished a very big feat. Today, the Gay Head Lighthouse will be inched back from the precipice it now overlooks, in a testament to the ability of Islanders to...

Honor the dead but not the wars

Our national holidays are in general an odd lot. Of the 10 holidays we observe, most celebrate past events and birthdays, traditions and milestones cut down to manageable scale. Part historical poster art comprised...

Regionalization light

It would be easy to assume that outgoing superintendent of Martha’s Vineyard Schools James Weiss was born cheerful. How else to explain the fact that the man began his Island tenure in 2005 with...

What I learned from A-Train

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He called himself A-Train. He was an overweight, 18-year-old immigrant Vietnamese from Manhattan named Aaron; not the average candidate one expected to meet on a month-long expedition through the vast Denali National Park in...

Welcome signs

More than six weeks past the official change of season, Martha’s Vineyard finally has some spring in her step. Warming days and a quickening pace to Island life convey a sense of optimism that...

Smaller was not better

Years ago, after more than a decade of debate and dithering, and under pressure from the state, Tisbury constructed a purposely hobbled wastewater treatment plant. The thought was that constructing a limited system would...

Chilmark must address the need

Chilmark has long recognized the importance of affordable housing to the well-being of the town. Without housing for people who were born and raised here, without housing for those who teach our children, police...

So long, Brad Moore

Brad "Buster" Moore was discovered dead on April 17. Following his death, Chris Baer of Oak Bluffs emailed The Times. “He was a unique sort of genius, a real character, and it would be a...

Death knits us together

Saturday afternoon, the members of the Vineyard Classic Brass Band assembled in a corner of the rustically elegant Martha’s Vineyard Rod and Gun Club, overlooking Sengekontacket Pond in Edgartown. They were there on a warm,...

Due diligence is due

We can all agree that the Martha’s Vineyard Center for Living and the Supportive Day Program are excellent programs. The staff members are caring, giving people who work quite hard. No question about it. The...

Why we said no to the West Tisbury budget

In an unprecedented decision, we, the members of the West Tisbury Finance Committee, voted to “not recommend” the warrant article enabling the town to spend money on its budget. The reasons are simple. By current...

Off ramp at the airport

As if this winter hasn’t been dulling enough, here’s a dark suggestion for a conversation starter to try out at your next community gathering: Ask your fellow revelers if they can explain the interests...