Monthly Archives: February 2024
O.B. questioning public events in neighborhoods
The Oak Bluffs select board is expressing reservations allowing public events to be held in residential areas in town, citing concerns about traffic and...
Taxpayers bemoaning higher infrastructure costs
High price tags for HVAC work on Martha’s Vineyard have become a common impasse, both for individuals and businesses, along with municipalities looking to...
Perspective on O.B. zoning proposal
To the Editor:
I would like to offer a different perspective on the zoning bylaw change that has been under discussion in Oak Bluffs, as...
Jimmy Carter upends hospice expectations
To the Editor:
Last February, at age 98, former President Jimmy Carter entered home hospice care. He is the longest lived U.S. president in American...
Oak Bluffs zoning proposal considers solutions for real problems
The Oak Bluffs planning board is proposing a solution to a problem that’s been brewing on the Island for some time, and causing consternation...
MV Times announces ‘O Tempo’
This week we are starting a translation service into Portuguese for our readers from the growing Brazilian community, making The Martha’s Vineyard Times the...
Island vet clinic fighting for lease
Animal Health Care Associates (AHCA), a 40-year veterinary service facility on the Island, is in danger of losing its lease at the Martha's Vineyard...
Special thanks from Red Stocking
To the Editor:
Once again, our Island community, both near and far, wrapped its collective arms around Red Stocking 2023, our 85th year! The words...
Slow down for wildlife
To the Editor:
While recently driving from Edgartown to Oak Bluffs on Beach Road, I came across two dead gulls on the parking lane shortly...
Congress’s disgrace: the failure to reform immigration
Congress once again failed to resolve the critical immigration problem plaguing the southern border of the United States. Thousands of undocumented migrants are crossing...
Nominations open for impact grant awards
Martha’s Vineyard Bank is now accepting nominations for its 2024 Community Impact Grants season.
The grant program, now in its fifth year, enables members of...
A push to preserve Cuttyhunk lifeline
A coalition of stakeholders are pushing to preserve a crucial ferry to Cuttyunk, following concerns that some developers — including possibly the offshore wind...
A vacation gone awry in ‘Golden Years’
"Golden Years" arrives at the M.V. Film Center on Friday, March 1. This comedy with the ironic title concerns a retired couple who go...
Warming up winter at the Louisa Gould Gallery
If the world is seeming pretty gray to you at the moment, you might want to head over to Louisa Gould’s gallery for a...
Food as medicine
Food is more than a tasty meal for Jacqueline Foster. Food as medicine is the tenant of her life and the center of her...
Miner Family Gallery flourishes in the off-season
There's a little gallery tucked away on Beach Road Extension across from the Black Dog Tavern. And unlike many galleries on the Island, the...
Bad art has found a home
Art is subjective, they say, but sometimes bad art is simply…bad…and that makes it fantastic in its own right. Thomas Edison described genius as...
Museum Pieces: Life outside our experience
“We can’t change what happened in the past, but we can learn the truth of what did happen without fear or defensiveness.” —Linda Coombs
Martha’s...
Learn to knit
Learn how to knit in a New to Knitting four-week series at Featherstone Center for the Arts. Each week, Helen Hall will introduce a...
Calling all Swifties
Make a bracelet that is so awesome you won’t want to "Shake It Off." Dance on over to the West Tisbury library on Friday,...