The M/V Barnstable, a former oil vessel that has been converted into a freight ferry, left the shipyard in Alabama Thursday for what is expected to be an eight-day voyage to the boat line’s maintenance facility in Fairhaven.

Martha’s Vineyard Regional High School ice hockey co-captains Nate Averill and Hunter Johnson competed in the Marine Corps Marathon in Washington, DC on Sunday, Oct. 27, both finishing in under 5 hours.

As the long and winding campaign trail for president winds down and election day arrives, one thing is for certain: both sides are vehement that their candidate is the country’s only chance for salvation.

With several large developments expected to make their way to the Martha’s Vineyard Commission in the coming years, more than 10 candidates have launched campaigns for nine seats on the regional planning board.

In 2020, the hospital recorded just two confirmed cases of alpha-gal sensitivity. By 2022, the number had jumped to 77. This year, as of Sept. 30, the hospital had 365 positive cases.

Since losing my dad, Ron Rappaport, unexpectedly in June, trips back to the Vineyard are both joyful and hard, full of love and full of grief.

I would like to thank the EMTs and rescue team who helped in my rescue at State Beach last Friday, Oct. 18. But above all I want to thank Robert (Bear) Harding, fellow kitesurfer/wing foiler/sailor who saved my life.

“I’m gonna make it to heaven. Light up the sky like a flame. I’m gonna live forever. Baby, remember my name.”

“AIN’T I A WOMAN”
Yelled Sojourner Truth
Heard and felt deeply
Among abolitionists
And suffragettes too

Hallowe’en festivities this year have extended over an unusually protracted period, and witchery and weirdness have held high carnival.