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Stories by Alex Elvin

Alex Elvin

Jeffrey Madison's Quiet Homecoming

September 28, 2017
Alex Elvin

Jeffrey Madison remembers playing board games to the light of a kerosene lamp at a time when many of his neighbors still didn’t have electricity. His childhood home stood in the sweep of the...

Selectmen Approve Oyster Upweller, Hear Storm Report

September 27, 2017
Alex Elvin

Cottage City Oysters hopes to boost production next year with a new upweller, where baby oysters can get a head start before being transferred to cages at the bottom of Vineyard Sound. The Oak...

Living Local Festival Highlights Sustainability

September 25, 2017
Alex Elvin

Hundreds gathered Saturday for the annual Living Local Harvest Festival, a celebration of sustainable living held each fall on the grounds of the Agricultural Society in West Tisbury. Green grass...

Water District Eyes Future Needs

September 21, 2017
Alex Elvin

A steady increase in water use in Oak Bluffs abated somewhat this year, but town officials are bracing for a time when the five municipal wells in town can no longer satisfy the summer demand....

Committee on Hunger Gears up for Neediest Season

September 19, 2017
Alex Elvin

At summer’s end, the Vineyard committee on hunger is gearing up for the coming year, and also planning to support the victims of Hurricane Irma in Florida with an emergency donation. The...

Details Emerge Around Stop & Shop Expansion

September 18, 2017
Alex Elvin

Traffic, parking and neighborhood concerns took the stage last week at a hearing of the Martha’s Vineyard Commission, which is reviewing a proposed expansion of the Edgartown Stop & Shop....

Eversource Moves Ahead on Herbicide Spraying

September 14, 2017
Alex Elvin

Herbicide spraying on West Chop and near the Edgartown-Vineyard Haven Road could begin as early as Friday, after the state pesticide board voted last week not to consider a one-year moratorium on...

Morgan Woods, Ten Years Later

September 14, 2017
Alex Elvin

More than 15 years ago, with an Island housing shortage on his mind, Fred B. Morgan Jr. took a drive out to Ocean Heights in Edgartown, a residential neighborhood on the outskirts of town. What he...

Debate Continues Over Verizon Tower

September 11, 2017
Alex Elvin

Debate continued last week before the Martha’s Vineyard Commission over Verizon’s plan to raise a communication tower in Vineyard Haven from 77 to 138 feet. Verizon wants to raise the...

Festival Honors Filmmakers as Global Citizens

September 9, 2017
Alex Elvin

Danny Glover and Joslyn Barnes both grew up watching films from around the world. Eventually they crossed paths and began producing films of their own, many of them focused on issues in the global...

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