A kayaker is being treated at Martha’s Vineyard Hospital after he was pulled from the waters near little bridge in Oak Bluffs and given CPR by a bystander and the town’s shellfish constable. 

The short-term rental committee was created after town meeting last month passed limits on vacation rentals. The town is the first on the Island to create a bylaw on the controversial properties. 

The moon is in a close path with two of the brighest stars in our evening sky in the coming week. The gibbous moon, waxing, will approach the bright star Spica, the brightest star in the constellation Virgo on Sunday night. Take a look. The moon is almost on a collision course. The two will be only a few degrees apart during the night, the closest being less than two degrees.

Their proximity is so close most folks will miss it. Take a look during the evening as this slow motion event takes place.

Thomas Murphy eked out a win in a tight Aquinnah select board race Thursday, defeating challenger Jannette Vanderhoop 129-115.

When Covid-19 restrictions forced Island schools to go dark in early 2020, thousands of video screens lit up as teachers took their lessons online and isolated children reached out to each other through cell phones and social media. Educators are still dealing with the aftermath.

Twenty years ago on May 17, joyous Massachusetts gay and lesbian couples began marrying shortly after midnight.

In response to Katie Theoharides article Everyone Should Have Access to Chappy Beaches, I am absolutely stunned by the Trustees lack of awareness and understanding of the island which is home to this fragile and increasingly threatened beach.

We at the Chappaquiddick Island Association have watched with concern for more than two years as the Trustees of Reservations and the Edgartown Conservation Commission have wrestled over the appropriate stewardship of our barrier beaches of Wasque, Leland and Cape Pogue.

On behalf of the staff and board at the Vineyard Conservation Society, I would like to express our deepest gratitude to the Island community,

From the May 13, 1938 edition of the Vineyard Gazette: