Louisa Hufstader

Island Housing Trust Proposes School Employee Housing

Martha’s Vineyard public school employees could receive preference in applying to rent eight apartments Island Housing Trust is planning to build in West Tisbury, if the nonprofit is able to fund the project.

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Gusty Winds Shorten Edgartown Regatta

The 100th annual Edgartown Yacht Club Regatta wrapped up earlier than planned the weekend of July 15, when heavy winds Sunday morning led the race committee to abandon the final day of competition.

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High School Accepts Donations For Turf Legal Bills

The Martha’s Vineyard Regional High School committee will use donated money to pay the attorney who has been handling its ongoing artificial turf litigation against the town of Oak Bluffs.

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Turpentine Gallery Creates Art Oasis on State Road

Some artists set up an easel by the sea. Painter Mitch Gordon put his on the flying bridge of a Black Watch sport fishing boat in Menemsha, gaining an elevated perspective of land and water alike.

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Early Morning Freight Boat to Return Next Year

The Steamship Authority board voted 3-1 Tuesday to approve the 2024 schedule, which included the controversial 5:30 a.m. freight boat from Woods Hole.

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Brazilian Trio’s Return Delights Island Crowd

Brazilian trio Choro das 3’s first Island concert since 2019 filled every seat at the West Tisbury Library Saturday and had more people listening from the doorway.

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High School’s Turf Field Legal Bills Continue

Umbrage, an apology and a threatened sit-in marked Wednesday’s special meeting of the Martha’s Vineyard Regional High School committee, after members learned of new invoices from the attorney who is handling the committee’s litigation against the town of Oak Bluffs.

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Port Council Supports Early Morning Freight Ferry

The Steamship Authority’s 5:30 a.m. summer freight boats are once again the target of unhappy Falmouth residents who say the terminal-bound truck traffic destroys their early-morning tranquility.

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MVC Scrutinizes Chimneys, Fireplaces at Stone Bank Property

Developer Reid “Sam” Dunn is still on the hook for some of the changes at his Stone Bank mixed-use condominium complex in Vineyard Haven that were not approved in advance by the Martha’s Vineyard Commission.

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Regatta Celebrates a Century of Sailing

The Edgartown Yacht Club Regatta celebrates its 100th birthday this summer, growing from a single day of racing in 1924 to a five-day series with more than 100 boats registered to compete this year. The regatta begins on Wednesday, July 12.

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