Here is a chronology of stories published by the Vineyard Gazette related to the coronavirus:
updated 1 year ago
2:26pm, December 14, 2023
Since early 2020, the Martha’s Vineyard community has lived and worked through the Covid-19 pandemic.
May 6, 2020
The Martha’s Vineyard Commission invites all Island businesses and non-profits to participate in the MVC’s Covid-19 business survey.
May 5, 2020
One person was hospitalized and one new confirmed case of coronavirus was reported on the Vineyard Tuesday, bringing the total number of Covid-19 cases on Island to 23.
May 5, 2020
After a historically bad April for both ridership and revenue, the Steamship Authority continued to take steps to buoy its operation Tuesday.
May 5, 2020
The Gazette is conducting an online survey to gain insight about how residents and visitors are thinking about summer in light of the pandemic.
May 5, 2020
Selectmen and boards of health in six towns have agreed to further loosen restrictions on construction and other trades effective May 11.
May 4, 2020
The Edgartown annual town meeting has been moved to Saturday, June 13.
May 4, 2020
Selectmen are exploring a European model for Main street this summer, with an eye on shutting down portions of the town’s narrow sidewalks, roads and parking lots.
May 4, 2020
After a three-case jump over the weekend, the number of Covid-19 patients on the Island who have tested positive held steady at 22 for the second day in a row on Monday, despite an expansion of testing at both the local and state level.
May 4, 2020
The Vineyard Transit Authority will maintain reduced service through the summer, VTA administrator Angie told the advisory board late last week.
May 3, 2020
The boys of summer will be missing this year, as the Martha’s Vineyard Sharks confirmed Sunday that they will cancel the 2020 collegiate baseball league season.
May 3, 2020
The Martha's Vineyard Hospital reported no new cases of Covid-19 Sunday, after reporting three new positive tests the day before.
May 1, 2020
The arrival of May was greeted with no new coronavirus cases on the Vineyard Friday. Gov. Charlie Baker instituted new statewide face-covering rules to limit the spread of the virus and local officials strengthened their messaging to seasonal residents as stay-at-home orders continue.
May 1, 2020
Martha’s Vineyard is getting hungrier, say organizers and volunteers with agencies providing food to those in need.
May 1, 2020
As summer rental deposits come due, the 2020 season is a landscape of question marks for Vineyard vacationers and homeowners alike.
April 30, 2020
The town of Oak Bluffs is now requiring face coverings inside essential businesses, aboard buses and in cabs and rideshare vehicles.
April 30, 2020
The Martha’s Vineyard Hospital marked its third day in a row reporting a new case of Covid-19, bringing the Islandwide total to 19 positives.
April 30, 2020
Starting Monday, Cape Air passengers must wear masks or other face coverings from check-in to deplaning.
April 30, 2020
Given the current circumstances surrounding the pandemic, the Capawock and Strand theatres will go dark this summer, owner Mark Snider said Thursday.
April 30, 2020
With a rush of applicants overloading servers, the second round of the federal small business relief program was off to a rocky start.
April 30, 2020
Islanders needing help with the rent during the pandemic emergency are getting some relief, thanks to a joint program begun this month.
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