News Briefs
Please Adopt Us
September 20, 2023
Brothers Peter and Teddy are one-year old, black male rabbits and these beauties are our featured pets of the week.
Juli Vanderhoop Chosen for Creative Living Award
September 16, 2023
The Martha’s Vineyard Community Foundation has selected Juli Vanderhoop as the recipient of its 40th Creative Living Award.
MVC, Oak Bluffs Score Climate Change Grants
September 15, 2023
The Martha's Vineyard Commission and town of Oak Bluffs have been awarded grants from the state for projects to help bolster the Island against climate change.
Accessible Nature Walks Offered This Month
September 14, 2023
Healthy Aging MV, the Martha's Vineyard Falls Prevention Coalition and TrailsMV are partnering to sponsor guided walks at three of the Island's conservation areas as part of Falls Prevention Awareness Month.
Darkness Into Light Suicide Prevention Walk
September 13, 2023
On Saturday Sept. 23 the sixth annual Darkness into Vineyard Light Suicide Prevention and Awareness Walk takes place, beginning at Bend in the Road beach in Edgartown.
Oak Bluffs to Reconsider Earlier Last Call
September 13, 2023
The select board is scheduled to reevaluate its plan to move up last call for alcohol establishments. The earlier closing time is scheduled to go into effect next month.
Holy Ghost Association Reprimanded For Quahaug Handling
September 12, 2023
The Holy Ghost Association was warned by health officials this week for improperly tagging quahaugs at the Feast of the Holy Ghost in July.
Howes House Project in Holding Pattern
September 12, 2023
Plans to renovate the Howes House in West Tisbury are on-hold indefinitely as the town select board reckons with policy violations on the Up-Island Council on Aging, the intermunicipal body headquartered there.
Jewish High Holidays Observances
September 12, 2023
The Martha's Vineyard Hebrew Center and Chabad on the Vineyard will hold public services for the Jewish High Holidays.
Community Chorus Rehearsals Begin
September 6, 2023
The Island Community Chorus has issued a call for new singers as it begins a new semester of weekly rehearsals on Monday, Sept. 11, preparing for its December holiday concerts at the Old Whaling Church.
Women Voters Hold Membership Tea
September 5, 2023
The League of Women Voters of Martha's Vineyard (LWV MV) will hold a membership tea on Saturday, Sept. 23 at 3 p.m.