Oak Bluffs Presents Passionate Defense of the Martha’s Vineyard Commission Before Legislative Committee Hearing

Oak Bluffs Presents Passionate Defense of the Martha’s Vineyard Commission Before Legislative Committee Hearing

By JULIA WELLS Gazette Senior Writer

An overflow crowd from Oak Bluffs and other Vineyard towns turned out for a state legislative hearing yesterday that was marked by an outpouring of passionate support for the Martha’s Vineyard…

Fire Guts West Tisbury Waterfront Home; Firefighters from Three Towns Battle Blaze

Just one week before it was slated for demolition, a waterfront house on West Tisbury’s North Shore burned to the ground yesterday in a blaze that kept firefighters from three towns working for nearly six hours straight.

Tisbury Voters Back Town Improvements to Secure the Future

At their special town meeting Tuesday evening, Tisbury voters decided that the town’s future infrastructure is more important than holding the line on water rates and taxes.

In about an hour, voters decisively approved funding for the wastewater treatment project, a third town well and rehabilitation of about 4,000 feet of water mains.

Island Teachers Study Portuguese in Brazil

Island Teachers Study Portuguese in Brazil

By JOSHUA SABATINI

Two staff members at the Tisbury School went the extra distance this summer to foster a more productive relationship with Brazilian students and their parents.

Charlie Braun and Emily Broderick spent a month in Brazil, studying both the Portuguese language…

Islanders Pray for Peace on Remembrance Day

Islanders Pray for Peace on Remembrance Day

September 11 Service Brings Worshippers from Many Faiths

By MANDY LOCKE

While Americans braced against the threat of another war on the first anniversary of the terrorist attacks that shook the nation, a group of Vineyarders gathered in a cozy chapel on…