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Kevin Foster, a 55-year-old Cambridge resident, was one of several people at the West Tisbury south shore beach last week who got caught in a riptide, officials said.
Military veterans from towns served by the Steamship Authority will be eligible to pay the same lower fare as active-duty members, if the authority’s governing board agrees with the unanimous recommendation of its advisory port council.
At last week’s select board meeting, Oak Bluffs police Chief Jonathan Searle approached the board to make the case for cameras in the Circuit avenue area, arguing that it would make the area safer by both preventing crime and collecting evidence.
Though the Amalgamated Transit Union voted in late July to authorize a strike, union president Charles Ryan said this week that the group is holding off for the moment while it appeals to the town select boards for help.
The Martha’s Vineyard home that had been embroiled in a legal battle between a national whiskey brand and the company’s creditors was sold late last month over the owners’ objections.
Steamship Plans New Rules for E-Bikes, Scooters
August 4, 2026
E-bicycles, e-tricycles and e-scooters are facing new Steamship Authority rules that could see some electric-vehicle riders turned away at the dock.
Man Pulled from Water at Long Point
updated August 1, 2026
A man was brought to Martha’s Vineyard Hospital Friday after he and four other people got caught in a riptide off Long Point Wildlife Refuge.
Author Series to Welcome Michelle Obama
July 27, 2026
The Martha’s Vineyard Author Series will feature former First Lady Michelle Obama at its August 23 event at the Performing Arts Center in Oak Bluffs.
Tisbury Closes Tashmoo Parking for Plover Chick Protection
July 18, 2026
At least one unfledged piping plover chick has made its way onto a public parking lot at Tashmoo Beach, leading the town of Tisbury to close the lot for up to two weeks.
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From the July 31, 1913 edition of the Vineyard Gazette:
And what would you say if in time the South Beach should become the potato paradise of the Vineyard — one long fifteen mile stretch of fine growing “spuds.”
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