Wampanoag tribe anticipates bingo millions
The Wampanoag Tribe of Gay Head (Aquinnah) expects to reap almost $400,000 per month — $4.5 million in the first year of operation — from its planned gaming hall, money that is sorely needed to fund a...
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Honeys, Creamers, and Mama’s win playoff thrillers
Jenna Zechner hits the ball high into the night. Photo by Ralph Stewart The Martha’s Vineyard Women’s Softball League double-elimination playoff tournament continued Tuesday night at Veterans Park in...
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Tangled titles stymie Southern Woodlands land swap
Change is occurring rapidly at the long-dormant Southern Woodlands development in Oak Bluffs. A decade of inactivity ended abruptly this summer with the June 26 auction and sale of the 90-acre, 26-lot...
View ArticleIsland prepares for President Obama’s family vacation
Updated 10:15 pm, Thursday Just like clockwork, President Barack Obama and his family will return to Martha’s Vineyard this week, along with the annual hubbub and media attention that a presidential...
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Great Island Couples: Richard and Lorraine Clark
Sixty years after 17-year-olds Richard Houlding Clark Jr. and Lorraine Beatrice Beaucaire were married at Grace Church in Vineyard Haven, the couple renewed their vows on July 18, surrounded by nearly...
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Harlem Fine Arts Show returns to the Vineyard, finds a new home at the Harbor...
Author Pamela Newkirk will be on hand at the Harlem Fine Arts Show. Courtesy of the Harlem Fine Arts Show Now In its fourth year on the Vineyard, the traveling Harlem Fine Arts Show has expanded its...
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For Marine siblings, service reflects gratitude to adopted country
There are numerous reasons why a young man or woman would choose to join the military. For Vineyard siblings Genainna and Geann Pereira, natives of Brazil, the decision to enlist in the Marines arose...
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New Martha’s Vineyard Regional High School principal resigns
One month before the start of the new school year, Island school officials face the task of replacing Martha’s Vineyard Regional High School (MVRHS) principal Gil Traverso, who resigned this week. Mr....
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Sharks end Vineyard regular season on a 13-1 blast
The Martha’s Vineyard Sharks finished their terrific regular season with a 13-1 win over the North Shore Navigators Sunday night at the Shark Tank in Oak Bluffs. The Sharks enter the playoffs as the...
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Peg Regan named interim regional high school principal
Retired Martha’s Vineyard Regional High School principal Margaret “Peg” Regan will return to familiar hallways at the start of the new school year. Ms. Regan, who retired in 2008, will replace Gil...
View ArticleEdgartown selectmen turn down school money request
The Edgartown school committee, led by Edgartown School principal John Stevens, approached town selectmen Monday evening with money requests for items not included in the current school budget....
View ArticleTEDx forges ‘New Frontiers’
After a successful, sold-out inaugural show last year, TEDx Martha’s Vineyard will return for a second season on August 31 at the Performing Arts Center in Oak Bluffs. The independently organized TED...
View ArticleTisbury selectmen pause on medical marijuana dispensary request
Boston-based attorney Valerio Romano, representing Ermont Inc., went before Tisbury selectmen Tuesday to seek a letter of non-opposition to a medical marijuana dispensary as part of the state...
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Islanders Write displays passion for the craft
The desire to write, and to learn about writing, continues to be a welcome and growing phenomenon here. As a testament to this fact, several hundred wordsmiths and wannabes packed the Grange Hall in...
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Federal judge hears arguments in Wampanoag bingo case
A federal judge on Wednesday declined to immediately rule on arguments presented by the Aquinnah Wampanoag Tribe of Gay Head (Aquinnah) and the groups seeking to block it from building an electronic...
View ArticleLeadership vacuum plagues Oak Bluffs affordable housing
When it comes to creating affordable housing, the town of Oak Bluffs appears well-equipped to help its own. The town owns a sizeable number of buildable lots, including 16 lots that were purchased by...
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Croquet attracts devoted Island fans
One of the benefits of being a reporter is the opportunity to test perceptions against reality. Take croquet: not what we think it is, and not as easy as it seems. Margo Kingston lines up her shot....
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Vineyarders make a difference in Tanzania
Gil and Susie Williams at home in Oak Bluffs last week. Photo by Michael Cummo Several years ago, Susie Rheault and Gil Williams of Oak Bluffs, two longtime Vineyarders and a great husband-and-wife...
View ArticleParking and traffic continue to bedevil downtown Tisbury
More than a year ago, Tisbury planners envisioned making significant changes to the Tisbury Water Street parking lot, in conjunction with a proposal by Stop and Shop to rebuild its moribund market...
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Split Wampanoag tribe reaffirms Martha’s Vineyard bingo hall effort
Meeting Sunday just a short distance from their long-unfinished community center building, members of the Wampanoag tribe of Gay Head (Aquinnah) split evenly and rejected a petition request that the...
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