Edgartown selectmen shifted their annual town meeting and election to mid-June and announced that the Chappy Ferry would return to regular hours.
Branimira (Bianca) Milkova is a cashier at Cronig’s.
Ms. Milkova is from Bulgaria and has worked at Cronig’s for about 10 years. Usually, she is a fixture at the up-Island store in West Tisbury but when that store shut down last month to consolidate the business during the pandemic she started working at the Vineyard Haven store.
“It’s different there,” she said. “At up-Island it feels like a family with my regular customers.”
In his daily press briefing Monday, Gov. Charlie Baker was vague about whether the state would help rescue the financially struggling Steamship Authority.
Chilmark beaches will open on schedule this summer, but with new safety precautions including limited parking.
The problem of homelessness on Martha’s Vineyard is getting extra attention, and resources, as a result of the coronavirus pandemic.
The Massachusetts Department of Transportation begins road and shoulder work on State Road and Beach Road in Tisbury.
West Tisbury poet laureate Spencer Thurlow leads another online free-write poetry class on Thursdays starting May 7.
This past week Camp Jabberwocky announced it was canceling its summer season due to the coronavirus pandemic.
Habitat for Humanity of Martha’s Vineyard is deferring homeowners’ mortgage payments and absorbing their escrow payments.
The Martha’s Vineyard Hospital has tested more than 350 people for the coronavirus since the outbreak began over a month ago.