Natural grass wins turf battle at schools
After a yearlong debate, school leaders are endorsing natural grass instead of synthetic turf for the repair of the deteriorating athletic fields, both at the high school and Island-wide. The Martha’s...
View ArticleTisbury readies itself for liquor
Town leaders are working on regulations and setting up hearings before restuarants can begin serving hard liquor in Tisbury. Just one week after voters approved the ballot question allowing liquor in...
View ArticleTragedy at sea spurs a father to act
It’s said the most unspeakable grief is that of a parent losing a child. John Gurney has been dealing with that grief since last June, when his son Luke, a well-liked Island conch fisherman with a wife...
View ArticleScallop scoreboard shows seesaw season
Another bay scallop season is in the books. Since Martha’s Vineyard is one of the few places left on the planet where Aequipecten irradians still have have a foothold in the wild, these bivalves are...
View ArticleSuperior Court judge orders action on Island Theater
Attorneys for the town of Oak Bluffs and the Hall family have agreed on a stipulated preliminary order to make the Island Theater safe, and to do it quickly. On Thursday, Superior Court Judge Cornelius...
View ArticleMinnesota invades Martha’s Vineyard
Humorist, writer of screenplays, books, columns, and sonnets, creator of the make-believe world of Lake Wobegon and the live weekly American Public Media radio show “A Prairie Home Companion,” Garrison...
View ArticleMartha’s Vineyard Museum wins state grant, groundbreaking planned
The Martha’s Vineyard Museum is one giant approval step and now a $225,000 state grant toward building its new facility in Tisbury. On Thursday, the museum announced it had received the funds from...
View ArticleSuperintendent objects to medical marijuana dispensary
It appeared that traffic impact and lighting were going to be the main topics at a public hearing at Martha’s Vineyard Commission (MVC) on Thursday night for Patient Centric of Martha’s Vineyard, a...
View ArticleMoped rental owners strike back
Accusing Oak Bluffs selectmen and the town of Oak Bluffs of “intentional, arbitrary, and grossly unreasonable conduct” in their “unlawful attempt to ban the rental of mopeds in Oak Bluffs,” attorneys...
View ArticleAquinnah casino opponents given time for Supreme Court appeal
updated May 23, 11:50 am Like a Ferris wheel cabin being stopped at the top of its arc, a federal appeals court has frozen its decision in the case that paves the way for the Wampanoag Tribe of Gay...
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