This Week's Paper
Jane R. Newman of Longboat Key, Fla. died July 5 after a brief illness. She was 89.
4:28 pm, July 21, 2021
Kathleen Pond Baptiste-Maki of Vineyard Haven and New Bedford died peacefully at home on July 16. She was 70.
4:23 pm, July 21, 2021
A celebration of life will be held to honor Priscilla Sylvia at 2 p.m. on July 25 at the Sailing Camp Park in Oak Bluffs.
4:19 pm, July 21, 2021
Albert J. (Jeff) Dando of West Tisbury died at his home on July 18. He was 82.
4:13 pm, July 21, 2021
The highly contagious Delta variant has officially arrived on Martha’s Vineyard, hospital officials confirmed Wednesday morning, as Covid-19 cases jump upward across the Cape and Islands.
1:11 pm, July 21, 2021
Ferry service on the Seastreak has been suspended through Sept. 3, the company announced this week.
12:37 pm, July 21, 2021
The stars of night and especially the Milky Way were unavailable this week. The Vineyard along with much of the country is under a high altitude cloud obscuring the faint objects of the night.
11:27 am, July 21, 2021
Steamship Authority general manager Bob Davis received a glowing performance review during his annual evaluation Tuesday, with governing board members unanimously praising his steady handling of not one — but two — viruses that threatened nearly all facets of the ferry service’s operations.
7:19 pm, July 20, 2021
Rolling blackouts and temporary power outages experienced across the Island last weekend were caused by an undersea cable failure, according to Eversource.
12:04 pm, July 20, 2021