Island hospital weathering IV shortage
Hospital officials around the nation are working to preserve stocks of IV fluid as a facility that produces the country’s largest amount of fluid has been badly damaged during Hurricane Helene. Martha's Vineyard Hospital...
New Bedford longshoremen support wider strike, but they’re still on the job
Editor’s note: This story was published and reported by the New Bedford Light on Oct. 1. We are co-publishing with the Light’s permission, as we believe it can enlighten our readers on offshore wind...
One-day Rez Williams Retrospective
For 50-plus years, the late Rez Williams lived and worked as a painter on Martha's Vineyard, an Island he loved and sometimes depicted in his striking oil paintings. However, his work was never of...
Popular live music event wins local zoning ruling
A live music event on private property got a favorable ruling from a West Tisbury board on Thursday, although the Radio Farm event will likely be on hold for the off-season amid a torrent...
Lambert comes up just shy of Paralympics medal
In the summer of 2016, Noelle Lambert was coming off her rookie season as a Division I lacrosse player when she suddenly lost her left leg in a moped crash on Barnes Road in...
Primary Tuesday: Islanders head to the polls
In-person voter turnout has been slow for the state primary on the Island, with few contested races and with many voters already casting ballots early.
Town clerks around the Island said that it had been...
Ag Fair is on
The 162nd Martha’s Vineyard Agricultural Society’s Ag Fair opened on Thursday morning.
The fairgrounds will be open from now until Sunday, operating between 10 am to 11 pm on Friday and Saturday and closing at...
Tisbury polls close at 8 pm
Tisbury is holding annual town elections until 8 pm today at the Emergency Services Facility at 215 Spring St.
Incumbent select board chair Roy Cutrer is running for re-election, and is the only candidate on...
Island attorney Ron Rappaport, 74, dies unexpectedly
Updated 6:52 pm
The Island woke up to shocking news today that the prominent attorney and community leader Ronald H. Rappaport died unexpectedly on Friday night in Vineyard Haven. He was 74 years old and...
Working for Your Health: Stroke prevention
May is a time when the weather typically brightens, and many of us are getting back in our yards, firing up our grills, and looking forward to the long days of summer. The last...
2024 Edgartown Porchfest
Porchfest began in 2007, inspired by some outdoor ukulele playing and a conversation between neighbors. With more than 200 across the country each year, to say the least, the porch singing has spread, according...
Kayaker rescued near Little Bridge
Oak Bluffs emergency crews rescued a kayaker whose boat had flipped in frigid waters and who had stopped breathing Friday morning,
Oak Bluffs Fire Chief Nelson Wirtz told The Times that emergency responders were dispatched...
Study looking at climate impacts to local whelk fishery
A research professor at the University of New Hampshire’s Coastal Marine Laboratory (CML) is investigating how changing water temperatures off the coast of Massachusetts — and particularly Martha’s Vineyard — impact the offspring of...
MVYouth announces college scholarship recipients
MVYouth has announced its recent round of scholarships, awarding roughly $990,000 in college, healthcare and education, and workforce development scholarships to 12 high school seniors on the Vineyard.
The funding will help students fill the...
MVLL gearing up for the season
The Martha’s Vineyard Little Leaguers will also begin playing ball in the coming weeks, with their Opening Day Parade scheduled for Saturday, April 27th.
The Parade will start at 9:30 at the Oak Bluffs Police...
Top Edgartown School officials stepping down
Updated, April 5
Soon after parents’ frustrations at the Edgartown School were publicly aired, the top two officials in the down-Island school district will be stepping down.
Edgartown School principal Shelley Einbinder announced this week that...
‘Wicked good’ performance
To the Editor:
Despite the cold March winds and rain, the robust heart of Martha’s Vineyard was beating warm and loud and fast this past weekend at the M.V. Playhouse. Hats off to the Wicked...
Neil Robert Strock
Neil Robert Strock died peacefully but unexpectedly at his home in Lafayette, Calif., on January 24, 2024. He was born on March 14, 1947, so he would have been 75 years old in a...
Dorothy Francoeur
Dorothy Francoeur (“Dottie”) of Oak Bluffs passed away unexpectedly on Jan. 9, 2024. She was 79. Dottie and her wife, Pat Cooke, lived here part-time since 2001, and became full-time residents in 2021. Dottie...
Former O.B. fire chief facing illegal video charge
Updated, Jan. 24
The former fire chief of Oak Bluffs who resigned years ago amid sexual harassment allegations — and then seemingly given a second chance in another Island town — has been arrested on...