The Martha’s Vineyard Preservation Trust announced Friday that longtime executive director Christopher Scott will retire at the end of this year after 25 years on the job.
The Martha’s Vineyard was back in service Wednesday night after a morning collision with the Governor in Woods Hole put the ferry out of service for a day. There were no injuries in the mishap.
Eight people were taken to the Martha’s Vineyard Hospital with injuries after a second-story deck collapsed at a private home in Edgartown during a Fourth of July party Monday night.
In an unscheduled stopover, the Polynesian sailing vessel put in at Menemsha for the night on Monday. She is due to sail to Vineyard Haven Tuesday. Tentative arrival time is 1 p.m.
The Martha’s Vineyard Film Festival Wednesday took ownership of the Walsh property in West Tisbury, but announced that it would resell the property, possibly to a neighbor group that is a potential buyer.
The Martha’s Vineyard Arena and YMCA announced this week that the two nonprofits have formed a new alliance. At the same time a new general manager has been hired for the Island ice arena.
A 12.5-acre residential property off Old County Road is slated to become a permanent home for the film festival, the organization said, although no plan has been presented yet.
