Groovy Gannets

While it may be intended as an insult, one should be proud to be called a gannet.

Hot Times

It was so hot, dry and bright on Monday that I went into major projection about the coming few months. Talk about not staying in the day I was in.

Unexpected Finds

Only two olive-sided flycatchers have been seen in the spring according to the website e-bird’s records. Now we have a third spring sighting, as Jenna Albaugh and Sky Kardell photographed one at Wasque Reservation on June 2.

On Matters of the Heart, Dr. Guiney Listened Carefully

Before he retired last week, Dr. Timothy Guiney was the Vineyard’s resident expert on matters of the heart for over 40 years.

New Poet Laureate Aims to Build Community Through Words

On Saturday the community will gather at Featherstone Center for the Arts to celebrate Claudia Taylor as the new poet laureate of the Vineyard. The program begins at 4 p.m.

MVRHS Assistant Principal Picked To Lead Oak Bluffs School

Martha’s Vineyard Regional High School assistant principal Jeremy Light has been tapped to lead the Oak Bluffs School next year, taking over for retiring principal Megan Farrell. 

Boater Charged in Chappy Crash

Riley Blizard, 32, of Cotuit, was arrested by state police on Friday night after police received reports of a 43-foot sport boat beached on the small island.

Islanders Highlight Crisis During State Housing Leader's Visit

As of 2023, an affordable house for the average Island family — costing less than 30 per cent of annual income in mortgage, taxes, and insurance — should cost $400,000. But the median single-family home on the Vineyard, as of this year, costs just over $1.3 million.

With Rising Tides, Oak Bluffs Looks to Shore Up Hospital Access

As the town weighs the potential impacts of the climate crisis in the coming decades, a high priority is maintaining access to the hospital, which is located on the coast in an already active flood zone.

Vineyard Sees First Cyanobacteria Blooms of the Year

A bloom near the bottom of middle Chilmark Pond was found on Tuesday, prompting the Chilmark board of health to issue a warning for people and pets to stay out of the water there. 

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