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April High School Engineering Challenge Results
1:50 pm, May 13, 2016The final engineering challenge of the school year was a K-Cup composting challenge.
View ArticleFood Trucks Rolling to Oak Bluffs This Summer
11:03 pm, May 13, 2016Steve Myrick Oak Bluffs selectmen approved permits for two food trucks to operate this summer, the first since the board established a set of regulations governing mobile food...
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With New Manager on Board, Airport Sets Fresh Agenda
7:28 am, May 14, 2016Steve MyrickA good report card from a recent federal inspection and a plan by manager Ann Crook to bring in more revenues topped the monthly meeting of the airport commission this...
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All-Island Band Says We Will Rock You and Delivers
7:41 am, May 14, 2016Heather HamacekOn Thursday night the All-Island Band, featuring more than 200 students, performed their spring concert. The music ranged from Harlem Nocturn to We Will Rock You by...
View ArticleRita Klingensmith, 73
Sunday, May 15, 2016 - 1:19pmRita M. (Viggiano) Klingensmith of Edgartown died on Saturday, May 14, at the Martha’s Vineyard Hospital. She was 73.She was the wife of John J. Klingensmith Sr. and the...
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Rev. Amy Edwards, Pastor of Federated Church, Followed Lifelong Desire to...
Sunday, May 15, 2016 - 1:33pmThe Reverend Amelia E. (Amy) Edwards of Westport died on Friday, May 13. She was 55.She served as pastor of the Federated Church of Edgartown.Born and raised in Providence,...
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Event Puts Spotlight on Heroin Problem
5:45 am, May 16, 2016Steve MyrickA large crowd gathered at the Oak Bluffs School Friday that focused on heroin addiction. The organizer was Billy Pfaff, founder of the Facebook group Heroin Is Killing...
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Memorial Service for David O. Douglas
Monday, May 16, 2016 - 2:00pmA celebration of life for David Douglas will be held on Sunday, June 5 from 1 p.m. to 3 p.m. at the Agricultural Hall in West Tisbury. Friends and family are invited to...
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Teaching Others to Shine by Being the Brightest Star
4:40 pm, May 16, 2016Amy EdwardsGoodbyes are hard and often left unspoken. People avoid the emotions associated with goodbyes: sadness, anxiety, loss, even anger. Our avoidance is perhaps a natural...
View ArticleMiddle Road Paving
4:50 pm, May 16, 2016Portions of Middle Road will be temporarily closed to traffic over the next week because of paving.
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Women Empowered Receives Cape Cod 5 Grant
5:03 pm, May 16, 2016Cape Cod 5 Charitable Foundation Trust presented a $2,000 grant to Women Empowered.
View ArticleEmily Lowe Graduates
5:15 pm, May 16, 2016Emily Lowe of West Tisbury has graduated from Emerson College with a Bachelor of Science degree in marketing communications.
View ArticleUMass Dartmouth Graduates
5:28 pm, May 16, 2016Vanessa Jahara of Oak Bluffs, Erica Klyuncheva of Edgartown, and Allyson Syslo of Chilmark have graduated from the University of Massachusetts Dartmouth.
View ArticleHolly Smith Receives Law Degree
5:32 pm, May 16, 2016Holly Smith from Vineyard Haven has received a Juris Doctorate degree from the University of Massachusetts School of Law — Dartmouth.
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Selectmen Explore Buying Generator for New Edgartown Library
5:41 pm, May 16, 2016Steve MyrickFunds for an emergency generator were cut from the Edgartown library budget early in the building process, but now school and library officials say one is needed....
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Quiet Ceremony Remembers Viet Nam Veterans
10:30 am, May 17, 2016Steve MyrickThe Marthas’s Vineyard Seacoast Defence Chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution (DAR), sponsored the wreath-laying ceremony in front of the Edgartown...
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Tisbury Proposes Bold Regulations to Protect Ponds
11:14 am, May 17, 2016Alex ElvinThe Tisbury board of health is considering rules that would hold property owners accountable for wastewater associated with new development in two pond watersheds.
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Robert von Mehren, Lawyer in Alger Hiss Trials, Raced His Sailboat on the...
Tuesday, May 17, 2016 - 1:08pmRobert B. von Mehren, the last surviving lawyer in the infamous Alger Hiss trials, died Thursday at his home in Manhattan. He was 93.The cause of death was congestive...
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Barbara Walker Summered in Menemsha for Half a Century
Tuesday, May 17, 2016 - 1:58pmBarbara Martin Walker died suddenly from a stroke at her home in New Jersey on March 25. She was 92 and won’t be on the Island this summer for the first time in almost 50...
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Iole Gardella, Italian Professor, Music Teacher, Devoted to Family, Faith and...
Tuesday, May 17, 2016 - 4:05pmIole Jannace Gardella died on May 10 at the age of 98.She was a frequent visitor to the Vineyard. Her daughter, Nancy Gardella, writes the Vineyard Haven column for the...
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