Leandro Miranda followed opportunity and family to Martha’s Vineyard
A translation of this story follows the English version. A tradução deste artigo em português está localizada logo após a versão em inglês. Leandro Barbosa Miranda, a native of Mantenópolis, a small...
View ArticleA tale of two islands: NY vs MV
When I was a kid, one of my favorite pastimes was playing with ants. (Yes, I was that little girl.) As an amateur insect anthropologist, I conducted a number of social experiments with my tiny backyard...
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Edgartown Post Office staffing woes try customer patience
Unhappiness with service at the Edgartown Post Office boiled over Sunday afternoon, when a woman who expected to pick up three packages on a day designated for package delivery was told they were not...
View ArticleEssay: Journal Entry, September 11, 2001
Heavy exterior glass panels and wall sections fell away, making dead drops, straight down like stones. The air handling system, sheet metal ducts and plenums were sucked out and fell slower, seesawing...
View ArticleUnion Street traffic reversal trial set to begin Monday
On Monday, drivers may take a left, but not a right. Tisbury town officials will begin a one-month experiment and reverse traffic flow on Union Street. Traffic, which now flows from Main Street to...
View ArticleVineyard drops football home opener to Carver, 20-15
The Carver High School Crusaders pounced on four first half Vineyarder turnovers and defeated the Martha’s Vineyard Regional High School football team 20-15 in the season opener for both squads Friday...
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Edgartown Post Office staffing woes try customer patience
Unhappiness with service at the Edgartown Post Office boiled over Sunday afternoon, when a woman who expected to pick up three packages on a day designated for package delivery was told they were not...
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Martha’s Vineyard Striped Bass and Bluefish Derby begins
The 70th Martha’s Vineyard Striped Bass and Bluefish Derby began with a false albacore. Aidan Gates of Tisbury was first in the weigh station line when longtime weigh master Roy Langley slid open the...
View ArticleUnion Street traffic flow change is off to a smooth start
On Monday morning, drivers went up Union Street but they could not go down it. For the most part, the change in traffic flow appeared to be working smoothly. Tisbury police officers were on hand to...
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Martha’s Vineyard Hospital CEO Tim Walsh announces April retirement
Timothy J. Walsh, president and chief executive officer of Martha’s Vineyard Hospital since 2002, will retire in April. Mr. Walsh announced his retirement to his board Monday night and to his staff on...
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Nashville hit makers descend on the Island for the Martha’s Vineyard...
An upcoming concert at Flatbread Co. at the airport will showcase the songs of some of Nashville’s finest songwriters and artists this Saturday, Sept. 19, at 8 pm. The show, titled “Behind the Curtain...
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Mark London reflects on 13 years at MVC helm
Thirteen years ago Mark London spent his first five months as the new executive director of the Martha’s Vineyard Commission (MVC), the Island’s powerful regional planning agency, examining the...
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Phil Fleischman: More than just a guy with a boat to sell
Last week, my editor at The Times noticed a classified ad in the paper: “Boat for sale,” it said, then went on to describe a catboat that had been used in the movie “Jaws.” She thought that maybe there...
View ArticleBoater pumps 50 gallons of gas into bilge prompting Oak Bluffs alarm
Oak Bluffs firefighters responded to Oak Bluffs Harbor on Wednesday following a report that a boater had pumped 50 gallons of fuel into the bilge of a 21.5-foot Aquasport fiberglass boat named Eagle....
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Chilmarkers express strong opposition to beer and wine proposal
On a beautiful September evening, Chilmark selectmen got an earful from town residents Tuesday about why the town should not allow restaurants to sell beer and wine. Chilmark is the only dry town on...
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Results from Con Com sea level rise study revealed
“The sea level is rising, folks, there’s no doubt about it,” Andre Martecchini, project engineer for Cambridge-based consulting firm Kleinfelder, told an overflow crowd at the Oak Bluffs library...
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Bradley Square gridlocked, again
The half-acre lot at the intersection of Masonic Ave. and Dukes County Ave. in Oak Bluffs, also known as Bradley Square, is the site of the long-vacant, dilapidated “Denniston House,” one of the first...
View ArticleAirport commission takes formal step to remove airport manager
Updated 8 pm, Friday In a special closed-door meeting held Friday morning, the Martha’s Vineyard Airport Commission (MVAC) voted to place airport manager Sean Flynn on paid administrative leave. The...
View ArticleTivoli Day takes over Circuit Avenue Saturday
The Oak Bluffs Association will hold its 38th annual Tivoli Day celebration Saturday along Circuit Avenue from 10 am to 6 pm. The festive end-of-summer celebration will include food, shopping, sales,...
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Retired high school teacher acquitted on indecent assault charges
Retired Martha’s Vineyard Regional High School business teacher Leo Frame Jr. of Edgartown was found not guilty Friday afternoon in Edgartown District Court on two charges of indecent assault and...
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