Louisa Hufstader

High School Makes Short List for State MSBA Grant

Martha’s Vineyard Regional High School officials said the school has been recommended for acceptance into the Massachusetts School Building Authority’s highly competitive grant program.

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Town Meeting Season Returns To Familiar Rite of Spring

After two seasons of disruption caused by Covid-19, annual town meetings are beginning to return to their normal spring schedule in 2022.

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A Community Rediscovered: Black History in the Oak Bluffs Campground

Black and Wampanoag peoplewere among the earliest seasonal residents of the Martha’s Vineyard Camp Meeting Association, according to research by association president Andrew Patch.

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Island Schools Grapple With Ending Mask Mandate

With the end of the state-imposed school mask mandate less than two weeks away, Island school committee members split Thursday on whether or not to immediately drop the mandates.

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West Tisbury Tree Survey Looks to the Arboreal Future

The trees of West Tisbury now have their own advisory group.

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Beach Road Project Expected to Finish Early

Well ahead of schedule, highway work on Beach Road in Vineyard Haven is expected to finish in the fall of 2022.

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Boat Line Delays Discussion on Chief Operating Officer

Steamship Authority governors moved briskly Tuesday through an agenda that included a report on the over-budget Woods Hole terminal reconstruction.

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Cottagers Join Harbor Homes in Homelessness Cause

Island women escaping homelessness have a powerful new ally in the Cottagers, Inc., the all-female philanthropic group based in Oak Bluffs.

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SSA Amendment Aims to Broaden Top Management

New legislation introduced this week would require the Steamship Authority to add a chief operating officer to the senior ranks of management.

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High School Committee Eyes Next Move on Funding

Regional high school officials are poised to lose a major construction grant from the Massachusetts School Building Authority.

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