Susan Backlinie, who played the doomed skinny dipper Chrissie Watkins in Jaws, died May 11 at 77. The movie was released in 1975 and Ms. Backlinie became an enduring screen icon as the shark's first victim.
North Water Gallery and Bryn Walker have both left the former Fligor's store building on North Water street, making way for Vineyard Vines and a Nantucket-based boutique.
Fresh from their Austrian tour last month, the Minnesingers take over the stage at the Martha’s Vineyard Performing Arts Center this weekend for two concerts.
This summer, the Martha’s Vineyard Playhouse is bringing back two productions that sold out last year: Miss Maybelline’s Nocturnal Flights of Fancy and the musical Billy Baloo.
The Martha’s Vineyard Regional High School committee voted in favor of allowing Harbor Homes to operate its winter homeless shelter for another season in the former pre-school building at Martha’s Vineyard Community Services.
The Martha's Vineyard Commission last week approved developer Xerxes Agassi's proposal to redevelop the former Educomp building into deed-restricted condominiums.
Nevin Sayre will be inducted into the Windsurfing Hall of Fame on May 9 in Gruissan, France, where he will also participating in international Defi Wind regatta, along with his son Rasmus.
Fine Fettle, the Vineyard's only legally-permitted cannabis producer, has stopped growing marijuana on the Island and will close its West Tisbury dispensary later this year.
Candidates for office in Tisbury have filed their nomination papers for the town election in June, with contested races for school committee and constable.
