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.
April 25, 2020
Vineyard House is waiving rent for its residents during the coronavirus pandemic and seeking online donations to make up the shortfall.
April 25, 2020
A $12 million injection of federal funding will keep the Steamship Authority going until August 1.
April 24, 2020
Camp Jabberwocky is canceling its summer camp programs, executive director Liza Gallagher announced Friday morning.
April 23, 2020
The Martha’s Vineyard Hospital reported one new confirmed coronavirus case Thursday morning, bringing the total number of confirmed cases on the Vineyard to 16. The state reported the most new cases yet.
April 23, 2020
A small group of protesters gathered at Five Corners in Vineyard Haven Wednesday to speak out against state and local pandemic restrictions that have temporarily put them and others out of work.
April 22, 2020
With shipyards prohibited under the state stay-at-home order from launching boats, at least two harbors have delayed opening for the upcoming boating season.
April 22, 2020
Cases of Covid-19 confirmed by Martha’s Vineyard Hospital held steady at 15 on the Island Wednesday. Health officials from tiny Aquinnah separately reported that it had its first case.
April 22, 2020
Following a monthlong moratorium on construction and other trades, one and two-person crews will be allowed back to work Monday under strict new guidelines.
April 22, 2020
On Katama Bay, oyster farmers are still working, tending their mesh cages. But due to dramatically depressed demand, most oysters maturing this spring will not be harvested.
April 21, 2020
Steamship Authority governors took up a laundry list of measures to help the boat line stay afloat on Tuesday, extending the reduced ferry schedule to May 14.
April 21, 2020
With a small bump in the Island’s positive Covid-19 cases and Boston’s emergence as a hot spot, hospital officials continued to reiterate their worry.
April 21, 2020
The guidelines under which construction and landscape workers may return to work April 27 have been posted online.
April 21, 2020
Martha’s Vineyard public schools will stay closed, along with their counterparts around the commonwealth.
April 21, 2020
The Barn in Oak Bluffs is offering free fried chicken dinners to go for front-line Martha’s Vineyard Hospital workers Friday.
April 20, 2020
The Martha’s Vineyard Hospital and Island boards of health reported one more confirmed case of Covid-19 on the Vineyard Monday, bringing the total number of cases to 15.
April 19, 2020
The decision by the Steamship Authority to seek a financial bailout from the state came together hastily in the span of a few short days.
April 19, 2020
There are many unsung heroes around the Island, still working and out in the community, virtually and otherwise. Here are a few of them.
April 18, 2020
Community banks on Martha’s Vineyard worked at a furious pace last week to process hundreds of loan applications for small businesses seeking financial relief before funding ran out.
April 17, 2020
The Martha’s Vineyard Hospital reported two more positive cases of Covid-19 on Friday, ending a nine-day caseless streak.
April 17, 2020
Five of the six Vineyard towns have settled on April 27 as the date to phase in limited construction work, voting to extend strict building moratoriums for an another 10 days.
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