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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.
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.
The Aquinnah Land Initiative is holding a public meeting next week to talk about the efforts to save the Aquinnah Shop restaurant property and the broader goal of returning ancestral lands to Wampanoag hands.
Martha's Vineyard Hospital plans to follow hundreds of people who have been bitten by lone star ticks to get a better understanding of the tick-borne allergy that has swept across the Island.
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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