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Ferry travel between the Islands and Cape Cod will cost more for nearly everyone next year, after the Steamship Authority board of governors voted 3-1 Tuesday morning to approve the 2025 operating budget.
The Martha’s Vineyard chapter of the NAACP has elected Martha’s Vineyard Regional High School educator Dhakir Warren to be president for a two-year term. The election took place on Saturday.
Nonprofits from across the Island gathered at the Grange Hall on Tuesday for the Martha’s Vineyard Community Foundation’s annual Community & Impact grant celebration.
Virginia (Ginny) Jones, whose roots in West Tisbury were as strong and deep as her love for the town and for a way of life on the Vineyard she feared was disappearing, died on Nov. 13. She was 82.
Tisbury’s termination of its fire chief came after accusations that the chief was in a romantic relationship with a subordinate, leading to allegations of favoritism and an uncomfortable work environment, according to a recently released report.
Island Fire Chiefs Issue Outdoor Open Flame Ban
November 15, 2024
Dukes County has issued a ban on outdoor open flames until Nov. 22 due to a statewide drought.
Ravizza Pleads Not Guilty to West Tisbury Charges
November 15, 2024
Jared Ravizza pleaded not guilty to one count of assault and battery on a household member and another count of vandalizing property in West Tisbury
NAACP Election
November 14, 2024
The Martha’s Vineyard branch of the NAACP will hold its election for 2025–2027 officers and members of the executive committee on Saturday, Nov. 16.
Whooping Cough Case Reported
November 13, 2024
A case of pertussis, more commonly known as “whooping cough,” has been reported on the Island, according to the Inter-Island Public Health Excellence Collaborative.
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From the Nov. 14, 1958 edition of the Vineyard Gazette:
November half gone. What a feeling that is for those who live in the country and see the decline of the year and the still-luminous quality of all outdoors during the shortening days. What happens in these weeks, as enchanted in their way as the almost forgotten paradise of summer, is more withdrawal than retreat.
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