I would like to thank the EMTs and rescue team who helped in my rescue at State Beach last Friday, Oct. 18. But above all I want to thank Robert (Bear) Harding, fellow kitesurfer/wing foiler/sailor who saved my life.

“I’m gonna make it to heaven. Light up the sky like a flame. I’m gonna live forever. Baby, remember my name.”

“AIN’T I A WOMAN”
Yelled Sojourner Truth
Heard and felt deeply
Among abolitionists
And suffragettes too

Hallowe’en festivities this year have extended over an unusually protracted period, and witchery and weirdness have held high carnival.

Brian Athearn and Julie Scott are stepping down as chair and vice chair, respectively, from the Agricultural Society board of trustees due to term limits. The organization limits trustees to two four-year terms.

Thirty years have passed since dozens of Islanders traveled to New Hampshire to disassemble an old dairy barn. Six months later, the community came together to build what is now the Agricultural Hall in West Tisbury.  

The Edgartown planning board heard complaints about the restoration of Swimming Place Path last week, but said the select board will be the decision makers on the project.

The Martha’s Vineyard Land Bank reported revenues of $331,080 for the business week ending on Friday, Oct. 25, 2024.

The overnight winter shelter run by Harbor Homes Martha’s Vineyard begins Nov. 1.

Martha’s Vineyard Chamber of Commerce has launched a Golden Ticket program to help boost local shopping during the holiday season.