What’s Open on Martha’s Vineyard is a regularly updated list of Island businesses and their hours. As seasons change, restaurants and retail shops alter hours and services. Some may close temporarily, other services may shift from in-person to online. To stay abreast of changes, visit the directory frequently.
The Island's emergency medical service providers will host the emergency medical technician open house on Tuesday, from 5 to 7 p.m. at the regional high school culinary arts dining room.
West Tisbury’s affordable housing committee is redoubling its efforts to fund private affordable housing projects in town after a pilot program was voted down at special town meeting.
The Oak Bluffs select board voted last week to adopt a 15 per cent residential tax exemption for fiscal year 2024, lowering property taxes on homes that are a person’s primary residence.
Two Vineyard table tennis players competed in the North American Teams Table Tennis Championship and made it to the quarter final round.
From the Nov. 24, 1989 edition of the Vineyard Gazette:
The holiday season opened on the Vineyard with a rare and heavy snowfall early Thanksgiving morning. By sunrise the first snowstorm of late autumn measured six inches and it was still coming.
The freak storm, which dumped more than eight inches on the Island before it was over, became a memorable backdrop to many family celebrations, and added interest for people who had to work this Thanksgiving Day.
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