Boys and Girls Club Executive Director Steps Down

Jessie Damroth, who has led the club for the past four years, will leave effective August 31, the club board of directors announced in a press release Saturday morning.

Saturday Morning Car Crash Injures Driver

Edgartown police, fire and EMS responded to a single-car crash Saturday morning off the Edgartown-West Tisbury Road.

High School Sports in a Pandemic to See Shift in Schedules

The MIAA approved a tentative schedule this week that will allow most fall high school sports to begin Sept. 18. The exceptions are football, cheerleading and unified basketball.

Fair Music Award-Winners Posted

Let's Go to the Fair, by Mark Alan Lovewell, was named the Ag Fair theme song in the fair's first-ever awards for recorded music.

Up-Island Schools Mull Their Own Reopening Plans

The up-Island school committee this week weighed proposals to allow in-person learning for younger students in its reopening plan, although no final decision was made.

Museum Elects New Board Officers

The Martha’s Vineyard Museum board of directors announced this week that it has elected a new slate of officers.

Crescent Moon and Spica

The crescent moon appears near the bright star Spica tomorrow night.

Ulysses Goes Online with Prof. Weinstein

Popular Island lecturer Philip Weinstein, professor emeritus at Swarthmore College, begins an online course on James Joyce's Ulysses Sept. 9.

Airport Change of Guard Gave Short Shrift to Public Process

After a surprise shakeup in leadership last week, the Martha’s Vineyard Airport has a new director. But the process stood in stark contrast to 15 months ago.

MV Youth Awards Early Child Care Grants

Martha’s Vineyard nonprofit MV Youth has awarded $800,000 to expand two early child care programs at Island private schools.

The donations to Plum Hill School and Vineyard Montessori School will support the development of toddler programs to increase the limited number of licensed child care spaces on Martha’s Vineyard for children 15 months to 2.9 years old, according to an announcement from MV Youth. Taken together, the two projects will add 27 new toddler spaces and 18 new preschool spaces by summer 2021.

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