Chappaquiddick Town Column: Nov. 4

Last Monday the UMass medical student Rural Scholars met with a dozen older folks at the community center to discuss services for the aging on Chappy.

Hawk Season

Southbound songbird, shorebird and waterfowl migration is still in high gear.

Vineyard House Receives Certification

Vineyard House, the Island’s only sober living facility, recently passed the annual recertification required by the commonwealth’s Department of Public Health.

Subtle Changes

I never get tired of rainy days. This is especially true after such a long, hot, dry summer.

Halloween Horrors

The party is over and many of us are left with a sugar hangover and pockets full of empty candy wrappers.  

Oak Bluffs Becomes First Town to Approve New High School Funding Formula

The Martha's Vineyard Regional High School's proposed renovation project took a key step forward Tuesday night, as Oak Bluffs became the first Island town to approve changes to the regional high school funding agreement.

SSA Inches Closer to Hiring Chief Operating Officer

General manager Robert Davis told the Steamship Authority port council Tuesday morning that he expects to name a COO before the end of 2022, from a pool of seven candidates.

Right Whale Population Continues Precipitous Decline

The global North Atlantic right whale population has continued its downward turn, declining to an amount not seen since the early 2000s, according to a new report by the North Atlantic Right Whale Consortium.

Al's Package Store Sells Along With Related Real Estate

Al’s Package Store and the large commercial property that it anchors on Edgartown’s Upper Main Street have sold to two separate buyers, as the historic family business changes hands. The real estate sold for $4.25 million.

Waterfront Community Helps Raider Chart New Course

The sound of sledgehammers ringing against iron pipes took over the Vineyard Haven waterfront this weekend as the 1910 British Channel pilot cutter Raider was rolled from the back of the shed at Five Corners.

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