Monthly Archives: May 2019
Playoff seedings set for MVRHS tennis, lax
The Massachusetts Interscholastic Athletic Association (MIAA) today posted seedings for the upcoming high school state tournaments in team tennis and lacrosse. Four Vineyard teams...
Major electrical work slated for Vineyard Haven terminal Monday
The Steamship Authority will work June 3 to 7 on two decayed transformer blocks at its Vineyard Haven terminal. Lawrence Lynch Corp. of Falmouth...
Sponsored: Real Estate Confidential: Family Homes for Islanders
Real Estate Confidential is a weekly chit-chat about new listings, sales, or other insider info on the Martha’s Vineyard Real Estate market, by Fred...
Mackenzie Condon heads for the ‘Yard’
Martha’s Vineyard Regional High School track star Mackenzie Condon signed her letter of intent to continue clearing hurdles at Harvard University next year. As...
MV Governor returns to service
The elder statesman of the Steamship Authority (SSA) fleet, the MV Governor, returned to service Thursday night after an engine problem sent it to...
TCI offers VTA drivers, union final contract
After three days of negotiations, Vineyard Transit Authority (VTA) bus drivers and the union representing them were given a final contract offer from Transit...
He chose life
Suicide has been a thought in Craig A. Miller’s mind ever since he was 8 years old. His whole life he has wrestled with...
Yard Sales: June 1-2
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MVRHS lax squads await postseason seeding
The Martha’s Vineyard Regional High School (MVRHS) varsity girls lacrosse team beat St. John Paul II (SJP) 18-9 on Wednesday to finish the regular...
Tribe, town make their pleas in federal court
The Wampanoag Tribe of Gay Head (Aquinnah) and the town were back in familiar territory — at odds in Judge F. Dennis Saylor IV’s...
Bridget’s back
People traveling from the Oak Bluffs Steamship Authority terminal on May 15 were treated to a familiar sight, the effervescent Bridget Tobin waving to...
Joyce Marie Freeman
Joyce Marie Freeman died on May 16 at Massachusetts General Hospital. She was 72. Joyce was born on May 2 1947 in Bridgeport Conn....
Condon makes MVRHS history in all-state pentathlon win
Updated June 1
Mackenzie Condon became the first female all-state champion in Martha’s Vineyard Regional High School (MVRHS) athletic history, winning the pentathlon event on...
Vineyard softballers sweep O’Bryant in Senior Day twin bill
The Martha’s Vineyard Regional High School (MVRHS) softball team celebrated Senior Day and their final home date of the season with a doubleheader sweep...
Good eats
The annual Martha’s Vineyard Restaurant Week is upon us, taking place June 2 through 6. The five-day event features opportunities for restaurants to showcase...
Aquinnah searches for new assessors
In the wake of the Aquinnah board of assessors losing two of its three members, town government is scrambling to fill the vacancies while...
West Tisbury: Affordable housing loner, for now
The West Tisbury affordable housing committee held a meeting with West Tisbury selectmen on May 29 at the Howes House. Housing Bank advocates also...
Leadership change at Big Brothers Big Sisters
The advisory board chair for Big Brothers Big Sisters on Martha’s Vineyard, Connie Alexander, will step down as chairwoman at the end of September.
For...
End expropriation and exploitation of Native American lands
From the very first moments that whites entered New England and the “New World,” they began their centuries-long sordid expropriation and exploitation of native...
Chappy ‘Point to Point’ road race comes to the Vineyard
Edgartown selectmen met with Richard Schifter, a seasonal resident of Chappaquiddick, to discuss a “Point to Point” road race that will start in the...