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Cambridge Comic Jimmy Tingle Brings Laugh Lines to Possible Dreams Auction
1:00 pm, July 22, 2013Ivy AsheMr. Tingle takes up the gavel for the Art Buchwald Possible Dreams auction next week, and visited the Vineyard last week to meet with event organizers and the staff of...
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With Crown, Food and Parade, Feast of Holy Ghost Celebrates Community Coming...
1:15 pm, July 22, 2013Mark Alan LovewellBy the time the celebrants arrived at the Portuguese American club on Saturday, the soup was hot, the chicken was cooking and the ice-cold drinks were...
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Not Just a Young Man’s Game, Rock Band Serendipity Keeps the Beat
2:44 pm, July 22, 2013Katie RuppelChuck a choo choos, shooby doo wop dee wops and wah wah oohs echoed in Merrily Fenner’s basement at a band rehearsal for Serendipity, the Island’s new mostly-female...
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Sengekontacket Closed Again to Shellfishing
4:19 pm, July 22, 2013Sara BrownSengekontacket Pond has been closed to shellfishing for the second time in two weeks due to heavy rainfall. The Edgartown selectmen learned of the closure at their...
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Shark Tournament Is Opportunity To Study Poorly Understood Predators
4:12 pm, July 22, 2013Olivia HullWhile each of the spectators made it home in one piece after the annual Monster Shark Tournament had officially ended, the same isn’t true for the 12 sharks weighed in...
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The Vineyard Reality Show Debuts Tonight, Premiere Parties Planned
10:34 am, July 23, 2013Remy TuminReality hits Martha’s Vineyard on Tuesday night as the new television show The Vineyard premiers on ABC Family.Christine Todd, Oak Bluffs Association executive director...
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Injured Cyclist Transported to Mainland Hospital Following Collision With Truck
4:21 pm, July 23, 2013Sara BrownA biker was being transported to a Boston hospital in stable condition after being pinned under a garbage truck Tuesday, police said.According to Edgartown police...
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Big Game Fishermen, Big Crowd of Spectators Gather for Shark Tournament
6:58 pm, July 19, 2013Olivia HullA 429-pound porbeagle shark was the winning catch on the first day of the Monster Shark Tournament Friday.Dan Lundy landed the shark aboard Magellan out of Harwich,...
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Commission Says It Will Review New Telephone Poles
4:45 pm, July 23, 2013Sara BrownThe Martha’s Vineyard Commission will review new utility poles placed around the Island as a development of regional impact (DRI).The regional authority voted 13-1 last...
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Mixed Reviews, Small Crowd at Reality Show Premiere
10:55 am, July 24, 2013Alison L. MeadDespite months of vocal critiques and speculation, when the ABC Family docu-soap The Vineyard premiered Tuesday night, all appeared quiet in Oak Bluffs. Cat Todd...
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Multiple Swimmers Rescued Off Chappaquiddick
7:09 pm, July 24, 2013Sara BrownBetween 11 and 13 people were rescued from the water off Wasque Point Wednesday afternoon, police said. In at least one case, one person got swept out in the current and...
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Cambridge Comic Jimmy Tingle Brings Laugh Lines to Possible Dreams Auction
1:00 pm, July 22, 2013Ivy AsheBefore comedian Jimmy Tingle could start his newest gig, he had to make a visit to the roundabout.Mr. Tingle takes up the gavel for the Art Buchwald Possible Dreams...
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Land Bank Revenues: Nov. 9
6:34 pm, November 15, 2012The Martha’s Vineyard Land Bank reported revenues of $285,556 for the business week ending on Friday, Nov. 9, 2012.
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Police Have Hands Full for Shark Tourney
6:29 pm, July 25, 2013Sara BrownThe third weekend in July was again a busy time for the Oak Bluffs police department, which reported a busier-than-normal weekend in light of the shark tournament and...
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Singing Through the Darkness and Light
6:32 pm, July 24, 2013Holly GleasonLori McKenna is in the backyard of her home in Stoughton less than a block from where she grew up, and she’s laughing. The woman who writes miniatures of the way life...
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Spotlight Casts Sharp Glare as The Vineyard Reality Show Debuts
6:41 pm, July 25, 2013Alison L. MeadAfter months of speculation and vocal criticism of the very concept of a reality television show set on Martha’s Vineyard, the ABC Family docu-soap The Vineyard...
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Cyclist Injured After Collision With Truck
6:54 pm, July 25, 2013Sara BrownA Watertown man was listed in fair condition at Massachusetts General Hospital Thursday afternoon after he became pinned under a garbage truck following a collision with...
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Medflight Is Critical Lifeline During Times of Trauma
6:34 pm, July 25, 2013Remy Tumin One minute you could be having a heart attack at Cronig’s Market; several hours later you could be in the recovery room following triple bypass surgery. Thanks to the...
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Islanders Pitch in to Make Dreams Possible
6:50 pm, July 25, 2013Olivia HullNewly famous after a second place finish at the World Series of Poker last Halloween, Jesse Sylvia saw the Martha’s Vineyard Community Services as a way to put his...
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Changing the World One Laptop at a Time
12:36 pm, July 27, 2013Sara BrownAbout a year ago, closed boxes filled with computer tablets were left in two villages in Ethiopia. The villages had no literacy and no cellular service or electricity....
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