As Principal Search Nears Finish Line, School Leaders Defend Process
8:13 am, January 6, 2016Steve MyrickVineyard school administrators are close to deciding who will be the next regional high school principal. The decision comes amid public criticism over recent hasty...
View ArticleSand Flies Up-Island as Menemsha Dredging Project Begins
12:47 pm, January 6, 2016Alex ElvinA major project to dredge Menemsha Channel is underway, with a barge stationed on Menemsha Pond and more than a mile of piping laid along the shore between the pond...
View ArticleMediation Not Litigation Can Be Practical and Friendlier Solution
4:09 pm, January 7, 2016Eric Vernon Turner Many people assume that litigation is the only way to resolve a difficult dispute. But there is another, often better alternative — mediation.
View ArticleMurder's the Thing When Talking to Hitch
4:15 pm, January 7, 2016Arnie ReismanAs the youngest member of the Greater Boston film press corps, I got to spend a couple of hours with Hitchcock aboard a theatre owner’s yacht in Boston Harbor.
View ArticleLoneliness of the Long Distance Bleacher
4:20 pm, January 7, 2016Bill EvilleI was one of three boys growing up. We didn’t own dolls, we blew up G.I. Joes with firecrackers. We ate a lot of meat, compared scars, had pushup contests and...
View ArticleWinter Sporst Teams Fueled by Mix of Youth and Experience
4:21 pm, January 7, 2016Heather HamacekWith temperatures dropping, the winter sports season at Martha’s Vineyard Regional High School is heating up. Four sports dominate the coldest months: basketball,...
View ArticleA Test for the New Superintendent
4:33 pm, January 7, 2016The search for a new principal at the Martha’s Vineyard Regional High School has unleashed a troubling wave of parochialism around the Island.
View ArticlePublic Record of Cases Heard in Edgartown District Court
4:37 pm, January 7, 2016The following cases were heard in Edgartown district court.
View ArticleCommunity Suppers Begin Around the Island
4:42 pm, January 7, 2016 Each year during the cold and potentially lonesome offseason months the churches around the Island take turns hosting community suppers so that each day of the week anyone who...
View ArticleCommunity Services Introduces Medical Travel Expenses Program
4:47 pm, January 7, 2016Martha’s Vineyard Community Services is introducing a new program to help Vineyard residents with travel expenses for medical appointments off-Island.
View ArticlePlease Adopt Us
4:51 pm, January 7, 2016The animal shelter would like to wish all creatures a very happy 2016. Our wish for the new year is that all homeless animals find their forever homes.
View ArticleCommunity Suppers Around the Island
4:52 pm, January 7, 2016Each year during the offseason months the churches around the Island take turns hosting community suppers on each day of the week.
View ArticlePiping Plovers More Plentiful; Fishermen, Start Your Engines
5:25 pm, January 7, 2016Alex ElvinWith piping plovers enjoying a major comeback in the state, new regulations may allow communities to reclaim beaches that would otherwise be closed to protect the...
View ArticlePhyllis M. Gourley, 90
Thursday, January 7, 2016 - 5:57pmPhyllis M. Gourley died on Dec. 25 at home in Tucson, Ariz. She was 90.Her funeral mass will be held on Saturday, Jan. 16 at 11 a.m. at St. Augustine’s Church on...
View ArticleRegional High School Announces First Quarter Honor Roll
5:58 pm, January 7, 2016Martha’s Vineyard Regional High School has announced its honor roll for the first quarter of the 2015-2016 school year.
View ArticleTayla Kuehne Named to Dean's List
6:00 pm, January 7, 2016Tayla Kuehne of Edgartown has been named to the fall 2015 dean’s list at Lasell College.
View ArticleDean's List Honors for Steven J. Perzanowski
6:10 pm, January 7, 2016Steven J. Perzanowski of West Tisbury, the son of David and Moira Perzanowski, was named to the dean’s list for the fall 2015 semester at Western New England University.
View ArticleKatherine Reid Named to Dean's List
6:10 pm, January 7, 2016Katherine Reid of Vineyard Haven was named to the fall 2015 dean’s list at the University of Vermont.
View ArticleOak Bluffs Woman Recovering After Sustaining Burns in House Fire
1:27 pm, January 2, 2016Steve Myrick An Oak Bluffs woman who was seriously burned early Saturday morning in an Oak Bluffs house fire has been upgraded to good condition.
View ArticleOnly You Can Help Find Smokey Bear; State Forest Icon Goes Missing
12:09 pm, January 8, 2016Steve MyrickEdgartown police are asking for help in a bear-napping caper. The plywood likeness of Smokey that stands by the Manuel F. Correllus State Forest is missing.
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