Yarn Bombing Planned

Featherstone Center for the Arts seeks submissions from needleworkers for a yarn bombing of its Oak Bluffs campus.

Five Towns Extend Construction Bans to April 27

Five of the six Vineyard towns have settled on April 27 as the date to phase in limited construction work, voting to extend strict building moratoriums for an another 10 days.

Land Bank Revenues: Week Ending April 17

The Martha’s Vineyard Land Bank reported revenues of $86,500 for the business week ending on Friday, April 17, 2020.

Steamship Authority Seeks Unprecedented State Bailout

With cash running low the SSA is urgently seeking a financial bailout from the commonwealth, marking a first.

Hospital Confirms Two New Cases of Covid-19, First Increase in Nine Days

The Martha’s Vineyard Hospital reported two more positive cases of Covid-19 on Friday, ending a nine-day caseless streak.

YMCA Makes Online Classes Free

The YMCA of Martha’s Vineyard is offering more than 40 free group exercise classes online.

Planets

Change is coming to our evening sky. The bright planet Venus now captivating viewers is going to drop out of view in the next month.

Venus is high in the western sky after sunset, as high as it will get in the evening sky. Pay attention and you’ll notice each night ahead. It will appear lower. By the end of May it will have dropped from view.

If you are up late at night you’ll see two of the solar system’s largest planets, Jupiter and Saturn, appear together low in the eastern sky. Jupiter is the brighter of the two.

Nothing Dreamy About Quiet Summer Streets

Chappaquiddick, the Hollywood version, has a scene of the Ted Kennedy character walking through downtown Edgartown.

Fire Inspections, North Bluff Update Occupy Oak Bluffs Selectmen

In his first report to the Oak Bluffs selectmen this week, interim fire chief Martin Greene outlined a plan to begin business inspections later next month.

High School Athletes Win All Star Honors

Vineyard high school athletes on the ice, the hardwood, the track and in the pool all received all-star nods from the Boston Globe this week.

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