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Public Records Reform Bill Clears State Senate
5:42 pm, February 11, 2016Steve MyrickA long-pending bill to reform the Massachusetts Public Records Law is back on track to become reality after clearing the state senate last week. The bill now goes...
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Walter Robinson Shines Spotlight on Movie and Journalism Career
5:41 pm, February 11, 2016Steve MyrickWalter Robinson, the editor who led the Boston Globe’s Pulitzer Prize-winning coverage of child sexual abuse by Catholic priests, spoke before a sold-out crowd at...
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Firefighters Contain Blaze at Edgartown Home; Family Dog Is Lost
12:31 pm, February 12, 2016Julia WellsWorking in frigid conditions, volunteer firefighters quickly contained a blaze in a multifamily home in Edgartown Thursday night, but were unable to save a family...
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Weekend Brings Winds, Freezing Weather to Vineyard
12:55 pm, February 12, 2016Sara Brown The National Weather Service has issued warnings about dangerously cold weather coming to southeastern Massachusetts, including the Vineyard, this weekend.
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New Library Director in Oak Bluffs
1:52 pm, February 12, 2016Steve Myrick Oak Bluffs selectmen appointed Allyson Malik as the new town library director at their Tuesday meeting.
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Season Winding Down, Winter Sports Teams Fight to the Finish
2:17 pm, February 12, 2016Heather HamacekBy HEATHER HAMACEKAs the season nears an end, winter sports teams at Martha’s Vineyard Regional High School are scrambling to add a few more wins to their...
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Dreaming Big and Stressing Less at Alex's Place
7:00 am, February 13, 2016Alexandra Bullen Coutts It’s a little after noon on a wintry Wednesday, and Alex’s Place is hopping. The YMCA teen center, made possible by a generous gift from the Gagnon...
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As State Funding Ends, Estuaries Project Looks to Reinvent Itself
6:55 am, February 15, 2016Alex ElvinScientists at the University of Massachusetts are looking toward the future of the Massachusetts Estuaries Project, a 14-year study of saltwater ponds and...
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Mystery Shipwreck Gives Rise to Tale of Lost Schooner
6:04 am, February 16, 2016Tom DunlopPetrified wooden timbers and bent iron fastenings of a large sailing ship suddenly jutted out of the sands of East Beach on Chappaquiddick two weeks ago. So which...
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Countdown to Arrival Continues for New SSA Ferry
1:37 pm, February 16, 2016Steve MyrickThough the Louisiana shipyard building the new ferry says it will be more than five weeks late in delivering the vessel, Steamship Authority managers remain...
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Shirley Krikorian, Enlisted in Women's Army Corps, Loved to Travel
Tuesday, February 16, 2016 - 1:47pmShirley J. Krikorian died peacefully in her sleep Saturday, Feb. 13 in the care of Windemere Nursing Home. She was 91.Born in Oak Bluffs on May 5, 1924, Shirley was...
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Philip L. Swift, 65
Tuesday, February 16, 2016 - 1:54pmPhilip L. Swift of Oak Bluffs died at the Martha’s Vineyard Hospital after a long illness. He was 65.A service is being planned for a date and time to be announced.A...
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Service Thursday for Ruthann Ponte
Tuesday, February 16, 2016 - 1:58pmRuthann (Duart) Ponte of Oak Bluffs died at the Martha’s Vineyard Hospital on Saturday, Feb. 13. She was 73.Visiting hours will be held on Wednesday, Feb. 17, from 6...
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Neighborhood Convention
3:00 pm, February 16, 2016The March meeting of the Neighborhood Convention will be held on Tuesday, March 1, beginning at 11 a.m. at Grace Episcopal Church in Vineyard Haven.
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Incoming High School Principal Meets Parents, Faculty
3:08 pm, February 16, 2016Heather HamacekScheduling, grading and cell phone policies were all topics for discussion when Sara Dingledy met with parents, faculty and staff Tuesday morning over coffee...
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Selectmen Order Dog Restrained
5:17 pm, February 16, 2016Steve MyrickEdgartown selectmen voted to impose a permanent restraint order for a dog involved in an incident outside a home in December.
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Caitlin Sylva Named to Dean's List
9:17 pm, February 17, 2016Caitlin Sylva of West Tisbury has been named to the fall 2015 president’s list at Southern New Hampshire University.
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Tisbury School Honor Roll
9:21 pm, February 17, 2016The Tisbury School has announced its honor roll for the second quarter of the 2015-2016 school year.
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Web Design Workshop
9:28 pm, February 17, 2016In March, the West Tisbury Library will be offering an intensive workshop led by Linda and Stephen Chapman of West Tisbury on building and maintaining a website.
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Time to Give the Devil His Due
9:31 pm, February 17, 2016The Martha’s Vineyard Playhouse is presenting The Devil and Daniel Webster, a one-man show, on Saturday, Feb. 20, at 7:30 p.m.
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