The Martha's Vineyard Times

30/10/2024

Island Grown Initiative (IGI) has reached a milestone in its mission to address food insecurity with the recent unveiling of a new, dedicated pantry at 114-116 Dukes County Ave., across from Tony’s Market.

The project was partially funded by a $1 million donation from the Martha’s Vineyard Bank Charitable Foundation, and is awaiting its final certificate of occupancy before becoming fully operational; it’s expected to officially open on Nov. 18.

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29/10/2024

In a symbolic gesture, nine students on Saturday morning, each with a pair of special scissors, cut a ribbon draped across the historic main entrance of the Tisbury School, officially unveiling the newly-renovated, $82 million project.

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25/10/2024

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23/10/2024

Harbor Homes, the nonprofit that runs the Island’s only homeless shelter, is again renewing a search for a permanent facility, after a denial from a local permitting board disrupted plans to secure a location in Oak Bluffs.

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22/10/2024

Costs for Vineyarders getting a vehicle on and off the Island may not be increasing under the latest Steamship Authority budget proposal. And passenger fees may not be going up as much as initially proposed.

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21/10/2024

Tisbury has spent $68,765.57 to both investigate and pay Fire Chief Gregory Leland, who has been on paid administrative leave since July.

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18/10/2024

The highly anticipated presidential race will finally be settled next month, with a showdown between the Hariss-Walz ticket and Trump-Vance. And it begins with two weeks of early voting, starting Saturday on the Island.

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16/10/2024

West Tisbury’s special town meeting planned for last night was over before it began. The meeting failed to reach a required quorum of five percent of registered voters, or 139 people.

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16/10/2024

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09/10/2024

State officials are facing tough questions over their handling of clearing a homeless encampment in the Manuel F. Correllus State Forest earlier this summer, and the public will get an opportunity to raise those questions during a planned listening session Thursday. New documents recently obtained...

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07/10/2024

Islanders respond to help Hurricane Helene victims. They kept on coming on Sunday. Armloads of canned goods, paper towels, cleaning supplies, bottled water.

From 11 am to 6 pm on Sunday evening, organizers at the Legion Hall in Vineyard Haven said there was a constant stream of Islanders coming by to drop off supplies, often times as many as six people at once.

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04/10/2024

Hospital officials around the nation are working to preserve stocks of IV fluid as a facility that produces the country’s largest amount of fluid has been badly damaged during Hurricane Helene. Martha’s Vineyard Hospital is no exemption to conserving stock.

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04/10/2024

The school district has released the results of its equity audit online, and it presented the findings in a school committee meeting last night. The bird’s-eye overview showed generally positive feedback, but also pointed to some areas that needed work. These included diversifying school governance, more clarify for staff regarding disciplinary policies, and consistent policies to support transgender students across the district.

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17/09/2024

Robert Davis, the general manager of the Steamship Authority, will be stepping down from his role next year.

Robert Davis will be stepping down as the general manager of the Steamship Authority, making room for new leadership at the top of the Island’s lifeline. The decision was announced on Tuesday at the Nantucket Public Safety Facility following the latest of several executive sessions held by the Ste...

15/08/2024

Tragedy struck in Oak Bluffs when a fatal moped accident occurred on Thursday around Big Bridge. Public safety officials have been on the scene for hours and some roads have been closed off. This is a developing story.

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Developing story Local public safety officials are reporting a fatal moped accident on Sea View Avenue on the Oak Bluffs side of Big Bridge. Oak Bluffs Fire Chief Nelson Wirtz said that the driver of the moped died after a collision with another vehicle. He said a passenger on the moped was also cri...

01/08/2024

Two encampements in Manuel F. Correllus State Forest that were the abodes for 20 unhoused individuals were recently removed unannounced by contractors hired by the Massachusetts Department of Conservation of Recreation. Local officials who support the Vineyard's unhoused community have criticized the state's actions.

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Last Thursday, Sharon Brown, director of homeless services for Harbor Homes, received a call from a member of the Island’s unhoused community that their tent was gone from an undisclosed wooded area. One tent might’ve been able to be explained away by numerous reasons. But by Monday, Brown had r...

01/08/2024

Paul Whelan, who has family on Martha's Vineyard, was finally freed after being held captive in Russia in 2018. He was convicted of espionage in 2021 — allegations his family vehemently denied — and sentenced to 16 years in maximum security prison colony. He and other prisoners will be returning home through a prison exchange.

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Developing Paul Whelan — the man with family on the Vineyard who has been imprisoned in a Russian jail for more than 2,000 days — is coming home. President Joe Biden, during a press conference at the White House on Thursday, said that Whelan, along with three other Americans — including Wall S...

31/07/2024

People have been keeping an eye on the Vineyard Wind project since one of its blades broke, and Edgartown officials say debris from the incident has come to the Island. A swim advisory has also been issued for South Beach and Norton Point. And, there’s a possibility debris has washed up in Aquinnah.

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Updated The scope of the turbine debris from a broken blade washing ashore on Martha’s Vineyard seems to have widened with reports of debris in Edgartown and possibly Aquinnah as well. On Wednesday afternoon, Edgartown issued a swim advisory for Norton Point and South Beach after finding the piece...

05/07/2024

The family of little William John Fournier wishes to share this sad news.

Our beloved sweet angel, William John Fournier, age 3, left his physical pain behind and passed on July 4, 2024. Known to all who loved him as “Billy.” Born on Feb. 28, 2021 and raised in Oak Bluffs, he was an 18th generation islander. Wise beyond his years, Billy was one brave little boy with ....

04/07/2024

On Independence Day, a spectacle many look forward to are dazzling fireworks. Showtime is tonight at Edgartown, and the Times got a closer look at what goes into the preparing the event.

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— Stacked high and wide in the back of a midsized Budget truck were boxes labeled explosive. Early Thursday morning, six men carefully worked in an assembly line to transfer the boxes from the vehicle onto a barge in the Vineyard Haven Harbor early Thursday morning. They couldn’t move fast enoug...

04/07/2024

Today, Martha's Vineyard, alongside the rest of the country, celebrates Independence Day! Many Vineyarders have been preparing for the wave of visitors this week, from businesses to emergency personnel. There are also plenty of festivities to look forward to on the Island today, like the parade in Edgartown and fireworks.

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Cars crammed onto the Steamship Authority freight deck carry license plates from Connecticut, Rhode Island, New York, New Jersey, and all corners of America. Amid the parade of passengers arriving on the Island Tuesday, one couple walked off the ferry holding a clam rake and a pool noodle in their h...

02/07/2024

A group of students refugees who left behind war-ravaged areas of Africa are spending a week aboard the Shenandoah, the iconic tall ship in Vineyard Haven. Now attending school in Maine, the students came down to Martha's Vineyard to forge summer memories with a hands-on experience aboard the vessel.

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01/07/2024

Martha's Vineyard has long struggled with an inadequate supply of affordable housing, and a number of the Island's homeless residents have resorted to living in tents in the Manuel F. Correllus State Forest.

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27/06/2024

An osprey nest on top of a utility pole has been blamed for the power outage that impacted over 2,000 Eversource customers in Oak Bluffs. Power has been largely restored in the town.

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12/06/2024

A new nonprofit organization filed ambitious plans today for a public park and pavilion, the expansion and preservation of a renowned wooden-boatbuilding business, and to establish new artist and work space along the Vineyard Haven downtown waterfront as well as increased public access along the harbor side of Beach Road.

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