Louisa Hufstader

Embattled Tisbury Employee Files Ethics Complaint Against Town Administrator

Tisbury’s outgoing town administrator John (Jay) Grande is facing an ethics complaint filed by a town employee who claims he was improperly working with an engineering firm that has several projects in the local permitting process.

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New College Partnership a Boost for Island Students

Martha’s Vineyard Regional High School has teamed up with Lowell-based Middlesex Community College in a bid to earn state approval for an early college program at the Oak Bluffs campus.

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Making a Compost Comeback

Four months after Island Grown Initiative closed the Vineyard’s only community composting center, the nonprofit has unveiled a new plan that uses advanced technology to process food waste from homes and schools.

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Library Spending Tops Tisbury Town Meeting

Tisbury will hold a special town meeting Tuesday, Dec. 17 at the Martha’s Vineyard Performing Arts Center in Oak Bluffs. The meeting begins at 7 p.m.

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Island Grown Seeks New Co-Leader

Island Grown Initiative announced Friday that co-executive director Michelle Gittlen will leave the food and agriculture nonprofit in April, 2025, one year after she stepped into the shared leadership position.

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Vineyard Haven Revels in Holiday Cheer

Downtown Vineyard Haven’s monthly First Friday event ballooned into a three-day Christmas party over the weekend, complete with two tree lightings and two visits from Santa Claus.

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MVC Approves Mixed-Income Subdivision in Edgartown

A unanimous vote by the Martha’s Vineyard Commission has cleared the way for a mixed-income subdivision in Edgartown that reserves building lots and an apartment duplex for deed-restricted purchase by year-round Islanders.

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Increase in School Services Budget Leads to Talk of Regionalization

The all-Island school committee last month voted unanimously to form a working group to study the potential of unifying the Vineyard’s two regional and three town school districts into a single district, covering all six schools.

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Singing Geordie Home

Musicians from around the Island and across the water bid farewell to Geordie Gude on Sunday, who died on Wednesday at his home in Chilmark.

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Vineyard Haven Library Seeks Funding for Major Renovation

The library’s elected board of trustees is asking Tisbury voters to approve a Proposition 2 1/2 override for up to $8.8 million in borrowing for the project, which includes building an addition for which the trustees are raising private donations.

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