Louisa Hufstader

Labor Costs Drive High School Budget Increase

After an increase of less than 2.5 per cent for the current fiscal year, Martha’s Vineyard Regional High School is now looking at a roughly 7.5 per cent hike in its operating costs for fiscal year 2025, which begins next July 1.

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New Bedford Shipper Eyes Vineyard Service

Jonah Mikutowicz, the owner of 41 North Offshore, came to the Steamship Authority board meeting Tuesday to float his new plan after receiving interest from potential customers.

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Steamship Board Divided Over Sankaty Incident Handling

The handling of the Sankaty incident this summer has fractured the Steamship Authority’s generally unanimous board of governors, who took opposing positions at their regular meeting Tuesday morning in Falmouth.

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Vineyard Haven Harbor Cultural District Charts its Future

Years after it became the Island’s first state-designated cultural district, the Vineyard Haven Harbor Cultural District is relaunching as a newly-minted nonprofit led by artists working in the town.

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School Services Budget Spikes as Student Needs Rise

The All-Island school committee is grappling with a steep increase in the cost of services that the superintendent’s office provides to students across the Vineyard, particularly in the areas of special education and staffing.

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County Commissioners Join Chorus of Frustration in Sankaty Affair

The Dukes County Commission took the rare step Friday of appealing to the full governing board of the Steamship Authority, calling events surrounding the incident in which the Sankaty slipped from its mooring this summer “extremely disturbing.”

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Camp Jabberwocky Executive Director Resigns

Camp Jabberwocky is once again looking for an executive director after the resignation of Adam Perry, who was hired earlier this year to replace former director Liza Gallagher.

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Land Court Judge Promises Turf Decision Soon

Attorneys for the town of Oak Bluffs and the Martha’s Vineyard Regional High School committee made their final arguments Friday morning before state land court judge Kevin Smith in the dispute over a planned artificial turf field at the school.

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Grant Ceremony Is Island Celebration

Nonprofit leaders and volunteers from across Martha's Vineyard gathered at the Grange Hall in West Tisbury Wednesday night as the Martha's Vineyard Community Foundation handed out more than $400,000 in grants.

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Developments That Didn't Make the Cut

In a talk Tuesday night called Phantom Neighborhoods: Failed Real Estate Developments on Martha's Vineyard, historian Bow Van Riper of Martha's Vineyard Museum took his audience back to the Island's early years as a summer destination.

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