Louisa Hufstader

Burns Nicht Supper Is Virtual Time Machine
Louisa Hufstader

The Scottish Society of Martha’s Vineyard faced a dilemma in planning its 35th Burns Nicht supper this month: How to gather the clans without a gathering place?

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Photography Exhibit Chronicles Unique Vineyard Narrative
Louisa Hufstader

A new Martha's Vineyard Museum exhibit by photographer Neal Rantoul captures the Vineyard by land, sea and air. The exhibit opens Jan. 22.

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West Tisbury Clears Affordable Housing Article for Town Meeting
Louisa Hufstader

Voters will be asked at town meeting to designate a three-acre town property for affordable housing, following a unanimous vote by selectmen Wednesday afternoon. The lot is at 401 State Road.

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The Way We Were: Wearing Ties to the Beach
Louisa Hufstader

Color movies from vacationing on the Island in the 1940s were donated last year to the Martha’s Vineyard Museum. The online exhibit is called On the Vineyard: Summer Vacation in 1940 and 1941.

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NAACP Continues the Dream at MLK Day Event
Louisa Hufstader

Monday’s keynote speaker was Mariama White-Hammond, an activist and founding pastor of New Roots African Methodist Episcopal Church in Dorchester.

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Hospital Rolls Out Vaccinations for First Responders
Louisa Hufstader

Covid-19 vaccinations for police offers, firefighters, first responders, animal control officers began on Friday at the Martha's Vineyard Hospital and continues through Tuesday.

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Tisbury School Borrowing Plan Takes Shape
Louisa Hufstader

Tisbury voters are likely to be asked in June to approve $55 million in long-term bond debt to renovate, expand and modernize the town’s 90-year-old school building.

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Hospice Director Departs for University Post in Iraq
Louisa Hufstader

Executive director Thomas Hallahan announced this week that he will step down in early May for the job of associate provost at the new American University of Iraq Baghdad.

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Tisbury Approves Its First Shellfish Farms
Louisa Hufstader

Two aspiring shellfish farmers were approved for Tisbury’s first aquaculture licenses at the select board meeting Tuesday night. Noah Mayrand and Jeffrey Canha both received licenses.

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Six-Month Drought Declared Over
Louisa Hufstader

A statewide drought that has affected Martha’s Vineyard since last summer was declared at an end this month by the Massachusetts Drought Management Task Force.

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