Land Bank Has Small Windfall, Otherwise Flat Fiscal Year
7:55 pm, July 4, 2013Sara Brown The Martha’s Vineyard Land Bank is reporting another year of relatively flat revenue, with one notable exception: a mid-year bump in income thanks to uncertainty in the...
View ArticleFilming Wrapped, Stage Now Set For The Vineyard Reality Show Debut
8:03 pm, July 4, 2013Remy TuminWake up at 6 a.m., head to hair, makeup and wardrobe, and you’re off to the beach.Sounds like a typical summer on the Vineyard, right?That was the regular routine for the...
View ArticleHistory and Science Tell of Cycles of Rapid Erosion at Wasque Point
8:30 pm, July 4, 2013Tom Dunlop On a misty, windy morning in April 2007 Chris Kennedy, Martha’s Vineyard superintendent for The Trustees of Reservations, had just returned from the part of South Beach...
View ArticleRelocation of Main Schifter House is Complete
8:41 pm, July 4, 2013Sara BrownAfter several days of inching forward along a deep, wide sandy trench, a Chappaquiddick home arrived late Tuesday at its new location farther away from a rapidly eroding...
View ArticleVineyard Says Happy Birthday To America
9:03 pm, July 4, 2013Nicholas BradleyWith two hours to go until parade time, the sun shone on the lines of brightly-decorated floats that filled the parking lot of the Edgartown School Thursday...
View ArticleLand 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.
View ArticleRevised Stop & Shop Plans Slated for Public Hearing Thursday
1:56 pm, July 10, 2013Sara BrownPlans to double the size of the Vineyard Haven Stop & Shop, which would include the reconfiguration of a town parking lot, the elimination of a town comfort station...
View ArticleNature's Classroom Has No Walls
2:51 pm, July 11, 2013Alison L. MeadLast Friday morning, in the shady woods of Felix Neck Wildlife Sanctuary, camp counselor Noah McCarter sat on a fallen log and held a tiny blue and white feather in...
View ArticleRight Whales Spotted North of Oak Bluffs; Mariners Urged Caution
4:40 pm, July 10, 2013Mark Alan LovewellMariners are being urged to proceed with caution through the waters of Martha’s Vineyard and Nantucket following the probable sighting Sunday of three right...
View ArticleSeth's Pond Closed Due to Bacteria
4:19 pm, July 9, 2013Seth’s Pond in West Tisbury has been closed until further notice due to high levels of bacteria, health agent John Powers announced Tuesday.The freshwater pond was re-tested today,...
View ArticleTrains, Planes, Automobiles: Summer Transit Options Expand
8:24 pm, July 11, 2013Olivia HullExpanding transportation services among airlines, ferries, busses and trains have made the Vineyard more accessible than ever this summer.Four airlines are now...
View ArticlePortuguese Man-of-Wars Invade Vineyard Waters
9:12 pm, July 11, 2013Olivia HullIsland waters have been invaded by Portuguese man-of-war in at least three towns in the past week, beach managers are reporting. The jellyfish-like creatures have...
View ArticlePassage to Paradise, Bridge to America; Steamship Sails On
9:15 pm, July 11, 2013Ivy AsheWhen Allie Joseph was a little girl, she would spot mermaids while on the ferry to Martha’s Vineyard, insisting to her mother that they were there, in the depths of...
View ArticleWest Tisbury Property Goes on Market for Record $118 Million
9:45 pm, July 11, 2013Julia WellsOne of the largest privately-owned properties on the Vineyard goes on the market today with a record asking price. The 314 acres in West Tisbury feature dry oak forest,...
View ArticleLooters Descend on Grounded Sailboat, Police Warn of Arrests
9:00 pm, July 11, 2013Mark Alan LovewellRunning Free, a 36-and-a-half foot sailboat that ran aground at Norton Point beach on Friday, was still languishing on the beach nearly a week later after...
View ArticleWhite House Confirms Obama Will Vacation on Martha's Vineyard
4:36 pm, July 12, 2013Remy TuminPresident Barack Obama will return to the Vineyard this summer, making his fourth trip to the Island during his presidency, the White House confirmed Friday.Mr. Obama...
View ArticleIsland Celebrates Love Story of Howard Attebery and Cynthia Riggs
10:50 am, July 14, 2013Remy TuminThey say rain on your wedding day is the mark of a happy marriage, and if the weather was any indication for Cynthia Riggs and Howard Attebery on Saturday evening, the...
View ArticleTraffic Tops List of Stop & Shop Expansion Concerns
12:36 pm, July 15, 2013Sara BrownA well attended public hearing Thursday night about the proposed expansion of the Vineyard Haven Stop & Shop supermarket focused on plans and concerns about how the...
View ArticleChlorination Key to Preventing Future Boil Water Order, Say Officials
2:56 pm, July 15, 2013Olivia HullThe Oak Bluffs water district is working toward implementation of a permanent chlorination system at the Lagoon Pond well after high counts of bacteria were found in...
View ArticleIMP and Belushi Are On the Edge at Alex's Place
4:20 pm, July 15, 2013Nicholas BradleyOn Thursday night at Alex’s Place at the YMCA, Jim Belushi received some startling news. He was not, in fact, the mother of Island teenager Della Burke. At least...
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