Real Estate Transactions: Week Ending August 2

Edgartown
William Sheehan Butler and Melissa Mary Barrett Egbert purchased 67 Simpsons Lane in Edgartown from Wayne D. Royal and Margaret A. Royal for $1,350,000 on July 30.

Shellfishing Can Continue After Blade Break, State Says

A week after debris from the broken Vineyard Wind turbine washed up on Edgartown beaches, state officials said they are investigating potential harm to the region’s seafood but don’t see a need to immediately stop eating shellfish.

Summer Fundraiser Brings Aid to End of Life Care

For 43 years, Hospice & Palliative Care of Martha's Vineyard has provided nursing care, grief counseling, coordination for care and assistance creating quality of life plans.

Vineyard Granted More Housing Options in New State Law

The massive housing bill passed Tuesday includes policies that explicitly give the Vineyard new ways to develop housing, allow accessory dwelling units by right in certain areas and make special allowances for towns with fluctuating populations. 

Please Adopt Us: August 9

We have adoptions to report.

A Hot Time at the Ag Fair

We were young and foolish and unafraid to leap into what came to be called The Rib Wars of ’83.

Gazette Chronicle: Illuminating

The crowd that assembled at the Oak Bluffs town bathing beach yesterday morning may have believed that pirate treasure had been uncovered.

Olympic Inspiration

I will never be an Olympic athlete-not even close. However, that does not mean that I cannot be inspired watching Katie Ledecky compete in Paris.

Carry In, Carry Home

This spring the Friends of Sengekontacket held their annual Carry In/Carry Home poster contest with all five Island elementary schools and the Martha's Vineyard Public Charter School.

Summer Discoveries

As a child, sitting in front of
the bookcases at home,
I often revisited Beth’s death,
in Little Women, that morning in May

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