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For Phil Hale, winning the Walter Cronkite Award from SailMV this summer was an honor that came with extra meaning. The longtime owner of Martha’s Vineyard Shipyard, Mr. Hale was personally acquainted with the late broadcast journalist, a devoted sailor who summered in Edgartown for decades.
Oak Bluffs is urging the state to quadruple the Steamship Authority’s embarkation fee and let the town retain fees from diverted ferries to help fund town infrastructure and services.
The Chilmark community got its first glimpse of the new Chilmark Preschool this week ahead of the start of the school year.
The Aquinnah Cultural Center is beginning a new chapter of growth — one that starts in the soil.
This September, the Menemsha Market is returning to the historic fishing village, this time with a new name and a mission to benefit the fishing identity of Menemsha.
Sengekontacket Reopens to Shellfishing
August 28, 2026
Sengekontacket Pond is back open to shellfishing nearly two months after the state closed it due to a heavy rainstorm and flooding.
Dead Whale Towed Out of Edgartown
August 28, 2026
The Edgartown shellfish department towed a decomposing whale out to sea Thursday after it had washed ashore in Katama Bay.
Select Board Details Reasons for Fireworks Cancellation
August 27, 2026
On Wednesday, the Oak Bluffs firework committee released a statement explaining that unfavorable seas and weather forced the town to cancel the longstanding August tradition.
Oak Bluffs Reminds Businesses of Plastic Bottle Ban
August 27, 2026
The Oak Bluffs select board is making a new effort to remind businesses of a town bylaw banning the sale of most single-use plastic bottles smaller than 34 ounces.
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From the August 29, 1975 edition of the Vineyard Gazette:
“I’m never cross, but I’m very abrupt. Anyone who’s been in military service is hard to get along with, and I am,“ Muriel Toomey said matter-of-factly one afternoon, in her big white South Road house that long ago was Chilmark’s first schoolhouse.
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