After pivoting online last summer, the Martha’s Vineyard African American Film Festival is scheduled to return to the Island August 6 through August 14, along with online events in February and March.
The Steamship Authority ended 2020 with a $12.5 million operating deficit, far smaller than anticipated last spring, general manager Robert Davis told the SSA governors Tuesday.
The Island Wide Youth Collaborative, Youth Task Force and NAMI of Cape Cod and Martha’s Vineyard sponsored a free screening of The Social Dilemma and hosted a discussion after the film.
Members of the Vineyard recovery community are mourning the death of Dennis Redican, an Island recovery stalwart and friend to many. Mr. Redican died Jan. 27 at the age of 74.
The Tisbury annual town meeting will be held June 12 and 13, with June 14 as a backup date, selectmen decided Tuesday. A separate special town meeting will consider the $55 million borrowing proposal for school construction.
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?
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.