Louisa Hufstader

High School Proposes $25 Million Operating Budget

Martha’s Vineyard Regional High School officials have proposed an austere $25.1 million proposed operating budget for fiscal year 2024, representing an approximately 2.3 per cent increase over FY2023.

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Community Chorus Dazzles in New Director's Debut

More than 70 singers strong, the Island Community Chorus brought holiday cheer and glorious singing to the Old Whaling Church in Edgartown over the weekend.

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Tisbury Looks to Bring Back Katharine Cornell Theatre as a Performance Space

The Katharine Cornell Theatre atop Tisbury Town Hall on Spring street remains the daily work space of two finance office workers who were relocated in 2020 to allow for Covid-19 distancing downstairs.

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MVC Approves North Bluff Project in Oak Bluffs

A sweeping redesign, complete with roundabout, for the North Bluff ferry dock and parking lot in Oak Bluffs got a green light Thursday from the Martha’s Vineyard Commission.

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Camp Jabberwocky Director Steps Down

Camp Jabberwocky executive director Liza Gallagher is leaving her job at the end of December.

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Hospice of Martha's Vineyard Enters Its Medicare Era

Hospice and Palliative Care of Martha’s Vineyard has received Medicare certification, and is also expanding its bereavement counseling services to include children who have lost loved ones

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Steamship Authority to Buy Third Lode Star Class Vessel

Buoyed by more than $28 million in newly-available federal funding, the Steamship Authority is preparing to buy a third vessel from Louisiana-based Hornbeck Offshore Services.

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After Delay, Winter Shelter Regains Approval

The Martha's Vineyard Regional High School committee voted unanimously in favor of letting the Island's winter homeless shelter return to school-owned property at Martha's Vineyard Community Services.

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For Paddy Moore, Spirit of the Vineyard Means Giving Back

Patricia Moore is easy to talk with. The hard part is finding room in her packed schedule. Universally known as Paddy, the longtime Island senior care advocate will receive the Spirit of the Vineyard award this December.

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Food Insecurity Is on the Rise, as Are Efforts to Help

Getting Thanksgiving dinner on the table has been more expensive for everyone this year, and particularly so for Vineyard food charities, which are feeling the pincer grip of inflation and supply chain shortages.

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