Lynnfield defeats Vineyard in Fairleigh Dickinson tourney, 4-0
The 19th Fairleigh S. Dickinson Jr. Tournament provided plenty of spirited hockey competition over the weekend. Unfortunately, it also spelled the end of the Vineyard boy’s post-season hopes. On...
View ArticleMVYLI holds Job Shadow Day for high school students
The Martha’s Vineyard Youth Leadership Initiative (MVYLI) prevailed over blizzard conditions Friday and held its sixth annual Job Shadow Day and reception. Over a dozen Martha’s Regional High School...
View Article‘Chicago, The Musical’ kills it at MVRHS
Click to view slideshow. The Martha’s Vineyard Regional High School production of “Chicago: The Musical” drew crowds of Islanders out of the cold and into the audience at the Performing Arts Center...
View ArticleEdgartown neighborhood dispute stalls Beach Street house demolition
A months-long effort by the owners of a 124-year-old house on Beach Street to gain the needed permits to tear down the structure and build a new, slightly larger house in its place hit another hurdle —...
View ArticleNew MVRHS principal visits, chats with staff and parents
Over freshly brewed coffee and breakfast pastries, parents and Martha’s Vineyard Regional High School (MVRHS) staff members chatted with newly hired principal Sara Dingledy Tuesday morning in the...
View ArticleOn Martha’s Vineyard, Zika virus remains a distant threat
Members of Martha’s Vineyard’s large Brazilian population remain insulated by the New England winter from the mosquito that carries the Zika virus, now spreading across their homeland, and at the heart...
View ArticleFederal officials get an earful from Martha’s Vineyard veterans
Veterans of military service living on Martha’s Vineyard came out in force to American Legion Post 257 in Vineyard Haven on a stormy Tuesday night. They packed the pine-paneled hall to air their...
View ArticleMartha’s Vineyard Hospital taps Vermont for new chief
Martha’s Vineyard Hospital will hire Joseph Woodin, administrator for the past 17 years of the Gifford Medical Center in Randolph, Vt., to succeed chief executive officer Tim Walsh, who will retire in...
View ArticleMV loses basketball season finale to Weston, 64-48
The Martha’s Vineyard Regional High School boys basketball team (10-10) lost the last game of the regular season to Weston High School (4-6) by a score of 64-48, on Sunday afternoon at the Sancy...
View ArticleHave a luxuriously lazy Sunday at Ocean View brunch
“A Sunday well spent brings a week of content.” For a food lover like myself, the best way to start a Sunday morning is by sleeping in a tiny bit. Leisurely get up and make yourself a coffee as you...
View Article‘Son of Saul’ sees the Holocaust through one man’s eyes
In his riveting first film, “Son of Saul,” Hungarian director Laszlo Nemes touches on an agonizing array of Holocaust issues. The movie plays this weekend at the Martha’s Vineyard Film Center, and a...
View ArticleBasketball player Erin Hill enters the Island record books
Erin Hill of Edgartown last week became only the third girl in Martha’s Vineyard Regional High School (MVRHS) history to score 1,000 career points. She joined Vanessa Pisano and Kara Shemeth in the...
View ArticleTisbury harbormaster would give family name to channel
Tisbury town administrator Jay Grande was caught unaware when he received a telephone call in January from a staffer in the the office of Congressman Bill Keating about a town request to name the...
View ArticleCounty commissioners turn their attention to Island addiction
Having assumed the chairmanship of the Dukes County Commission, Christine Todd of Oak Bluffs plans to spearhead a county effort to address substance abuse. The campaign kicks off Wednesday, March 2,...
View ArticleVineyard will join Super Tuesday primary voters in national election contest
On March 2, Massachusetts voters will go to the polls in the presidential primary election on what is commonly known as Super Tuesday, when voter in 11 states will nominate presidential candidates, and...
View ArticleAsk an Artist: What have you been up to this winter?
We all have those friends on Martha’s Vineyard who settle a little too comfortably into the solitude of the off-season. They are perfectly sociable in the sunny months, and then, as winter deepens, you...
View ArticleEdgartown library to close during move to new building
The Edgartown Free Public library will begin moving the nearly 40,000 items in its collection from its current North Water Street location to the new building on Robinson Way, adjacent to the Edgartown...
View ArticleCoast Guard gives firsthand look at heavy-weather training
When a big storm hits the Vineyard, chances are crews from Coast Guard Station Menemsha are on the high seas, seizing the opportunity to train for rescue missions in the worst possible conditions....
View ArticleOscars viewing party brings the red carpet to the MV Film Center
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View ArticleSuper Tuesday on Martha’s Vineyard
A crew from the Martha’s Vineyard Times made the most of a glorious spring-like election day and traveled to polling stations in Oak Bluffs, Edgartown and Tisbury to get the pulse of how Islanders are...
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