Hospital Reports Eleven New Cases Thursday, Making Fifty-Four This Week

Martha's Vineyard Hospital reported another 11 new positive coronavirus tests Thursday morning, bringing the weekly case total to 54 as a recent Covid spike continues unabated.

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Following Weekend Spike, Health Agents Report Four New Cases Tuesday

Health officials reported four additional new coronavirus cases on Tuesday, continuing an upward case trend that has occurred across the Island, state and country.

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Edgartown Committee Strongly Endorses VTA's Church Street Project

After months of review, Edgartown’s VTA Church street committee gave a strong endorsement to a controversial plan to install three electric bus induction chargers at the downtown bus terminal.

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Tisbury and Edgartown Schools Report Positive Covid Cases Monday

The Tisbury School reported its second positive case on Monday and the Edgartown School reported its first. The cases come two days after a student who attends the Tisbury school tested positive on Friday.

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Unprecedented Twenty New Cases Reported Over Weekend, Alarming Public Health Officials

The 20 new cases alarmed public health officials as they try to stem the Island’s largest case surge since the pandemic began.

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Polar Bears Take the Plunge for Democracy

As dawn rose over Inkwell beach in Oak Bluffs Sunday morning, dozens of jubilant Islanders — many of them Polars Bears — spontaneously gathered as one, plunging into the sea.

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Hospital Reports Five New Cases Friday, Capping Tumultuous Week

Martha’s Vineyard Hospital reported five new Covid-19 cases on Friday, capping a two week period in which the Island has seen 33 new cases and public health officials have urged vigilance.

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Outrage Over Hob Knob Inn Expansion Continues, Despite Revisions

A revised expansion plan to Edgartown’s boutique Hob Knob Inn caused continued pushback from neighbors at a Martha’s Vineyard Commission public hearing Thursday.

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Tisbury School Student Tests Positive for Covid-19

A student at the Tisbury School has tested positive for Covid-19, Tisbury health agent Maura Valley confirmed Friday. School superintendent Matt D'Andrea wrote that an individual had tested positive in an earlier letter to parents.

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Three New Cases Thursday, In Continued Upward Trend

The Martha’s Vineyard Hospital reported three new coronavirus patients Thursday, continuing a marked rise in cases that the Island has seen over the past two weeks.

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