School Officials Want All Kids Back in Classrooms By November
Maia Coleman

The all-Island school committee heard preliminary plans Thursday to bring all middle and high school students back into classrooms.

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Searching for a Nation's Identity in Genus Americanus
Maia Coleman

In the winter of 2011, former professor and journalist Loren Ghiglione and two students of journalism, Dan Tham and Alyssa Karas, loaded up a van and set out to search for American cultural identity.

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Dancing Again at the Field Gallery
Maia Coleman

On Sunday, after nine months overseas, The Dance sculpture by Jay Lagemann returned home to the Field Gallery with a new jade green finish.

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Putting Away Her Assistant Principal Duties; Putting on Her Traveling Shoes
Maia Coleman

Anne Fligor, veteran educator and assistant principal of the Edgartown School, retired on Friday after a 33-year career at the school.

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Up-Island Schools Begin Planning for Return of All Students
Maia Coleman

The up-Island school committee heard updates this week on school re-opening and bringing the entire student body back to the building.

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After Uneven Pandemic Summer, Businesses Eye Winter Ahead
Maia Coleman

Forced to delay opening this spring, many Island businesses are using an unusually busy fall as a springboard into the darker months.

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All Aboard One Last Time
Maia Coleman

Richard Clark, longtime Steamship Authority terminal agent in Vineyard Haven, will retire Friday after 41 years on the job. He started with the boat line as a ticket seller in 1979.

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Tisbury Adopts New Waterways Rules
Maia Coleman

The Tisbury select board turned its attention to waterfront maintenance Tuesday, voting in new waterway regulations and a contract for a long-term dredging project in Tashmoo.

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Grooving at the Drive-in, Film Festival Perseveres
Maia Coleman

This weekend, Islanders flocked to the Vineyard drive-in for the 20th annual Martha’s Vineyard Film Festival, a milestone celebration rescheduled from the spring.

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Close Encounters of an Oceanic Kind
Maia Coleman

What can the ocean tell us about ourselves? Three raconteurs set out to answer the question last Wednesday night in the most recent installment of the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution’s virtual series.

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