Joining four other Vineyard towns, the Chilmark board of health voted unanimously Wednesday to adopt an indoor mask mandate for all public spaces and all private spaces open to the public, citing the rapid spread of the Delta variant.
Built on Stilts turns 25 years old this summer as it returned to Union Chapel for three nights this past weekend and continues next weekend from August 21 to 23.
Martha’s Vineyard public schools will continue to require universal masking indoors and on school transportation for all K-12 students and staff, regardless of vaccination status, but with an amendment allowing masks to be removed when outside.
Tom Maley founded the Field Gallery in 1971 in the West Tisbury field behind his family’s home with fellow artists Robert Schwartz, Eleanor Coen and Max Kahn. Chris and Sheila Morse own the gallery today.
The energy was electric on Tuesday night as the Sharks faced the Danbury Westerners for the southern division championship. In a hard fought, close game the Westerners prevailed 7-5.
The second annual State of the Coast report released last week by The Trustees of Reservations paints a stark picture of the future for Martha’s Vineyard, Nantucket and Gosnold.