Oak Bluffs voters approved a nearly $43 million budget at annual town meeting Tuesday night, and joined West Tisbury and Edgartown in passing a leaf blower ban, but by a narrow margin.
The crowds lined the sidewalks at Five Corners, stretching past the post office and Sweet Bites, chanting and carrying handmade signs telling President Trump and Elon Musk how they felt about them.
Oak Bluffs voters will weigh in at town meeting next week on money for upgrades to the wastewater pump station, updating the town’s watercraft restrictions and a new drone to aid in emergency situations.
Richard Michelson’s latest children’s book, Next Year in the White House: Barack Obama’s First Presidential Seder, tells the story of how Passover became an annual celebration at the White House during President Obama’s administration.
Gail Barmakian, Benjamin Clark and Amy Del Torto are all running for the position and outlined their relevant professional experience at the League of Women Voters' candidate forum Wednesday.
The story of Reverend Denniston and his family is currently on display at the Martha’s Vineyard Museum in an exhibit called Finding Our Way Home: The Denniston Family and 11 Masonic Avenue.
Vineyard Havens, a nonprofit that has brought cancer patients to the Island for vacation respites since 2019, is now offering programming for Vineyarders.
Starting in December, the town will charge a fee for people who want to remain on the waitlist for moorings in Lagoon Pond, said harbor master Emily deBettencourt.