The Vineyard Gazette

03/07/2024

Some wore high heels, some wore cutoffs and others arrived in their bathing suits for the first Dock Dance of the season Tuesday night.

03/07/2024

Famed photographer Alfred Eisenstaedt’s lingering presence on Martha’s Vineyard is sometimes easily apparent to the eye, other times lurking behind the scenes. A new exhibit at the museum places him front and center.

03/07/2024

A plan to open an Iggy's Bread location at the former Bite location in Chilmark raised concerns about changes in the fishing village Tuesday.

03/07/2024

On Sunday the Martha's Vineyard Sharks defeated the North Shore Navigators 7-2 and on Monday took down the Ocean State Waves 10-5. The recent victories continued to fuel the team, after a disastrous start to the season.

02/07/2024

Little League World Series competition came to a close for the Vineyard on Monday after the under-twelves team lost 10–0 to Barnstable at home at Penn Field.

02/07/2024

The ferry line board of governors Thursday approved a $17 million retrofit of a former offshore oil vessel. The ferry, which will be called the M/V Monomoy, will eventually join two other newly converted freight vessels that are set to join the Steamship fleet later this year.

The ferry line board of governors Thursday approved a $17 million retrofit of the Louisiana vessel. The ferry, which will be called the M/V Monomoy, will eventually join two other newly converted freight vessels that are set to join the Steamship fleet later this year.

02/07/2024

The third annual Bioblitz took place at Long Point Wildlife Refuge over the weekend, where citizen scientists went to work cataloguing hundreds of local species.

01/07/2024

Jared Ravizza, 26, was in Plymouth District Court Monday to see if he was competent to stand trial for the stabbings in Massachusetts. No determination was made, but during the hearing court officials said that an arrest warrant had been issued out of Connecticut for a murder charge.

01/07/2024

In a meeting Thursday, Vineyard Lands for Our Community president Steve Bernier said the nonprofit is scrambling to raise the closing costs for a massive redevelopement project on the Vineyard Haven waterfront before the August 1 deadline.

01/07/2024

For the 20th consecutive year, Renaissance House will host a reading of Frederick Douglass’s 1852 speech What To The Slave Is The Fourth Of July on July 4.

01/07/2024

This year’s parade begins at 5 p.m. on July 4. Marchers old and new, along with their floats, will line up in the Edgartown School parking lot earlier on Thursday, and when the bell tower strikes five, they will all proceed down a well-worn path.

30/06/2024

Summer is here, says July, and we must seize the day.

Tomorrow brings a small turn of the calendar page, but a giant leap for the whole Island community. For Monday brings July, and July begins the grand journey we call Vineyard summer.

29/06/2024

Anthony Holand wields a hammer in his Vineyard Haven studio as he works on a commemorative weathervane for the 50th anniversary of the filming of Jaws. The sound of copper clanging rings out as he repeatedly brings the hammer down on a chisel, slowly moving down the shape of a shark.

29/06/2024

The show begins at 7:30 p.m. and features performances by W***y Mason, Lexie Roth, Jemima James, Lilah Larson, Rose Guerin, Phil daRosa, Amanda Palmer and Cliff Eberhardt. Pulitzer-Prize winning author Geraldine Brooks will also speak at the event.

Spirits are high at Island Elderly Housing as residents and staff look forward to the second annual Songwriters Benefit Concert at the Tabernacle on June 29.

29/06/2024

Call him resident dad. Phil Hughes, owner of Wheel Happy, is standing behind the counter of his Edgartown bike shop on recent afternoon, repairing an XC Cannondale mountain bike, spinning its wheels.

28/06/2024

Just inside the front door of the Workshop Gallery in Vineyard Haven, nearly 50 ceramic egg flats, each canary-colored and identical to the next, are spread out across the floor.

28/06/2024

Last week, Geo Meikle helped carry a U.S. national team to victory in the United World Games, an Austrian tournament featuring elite student basketball teams from more than 30 countries.

28/06/2024

Beach BeFrienders has met monthly since its inception, gathering to clean different beaches with a rotating group of volunteers. This year’s summer season begins Saturday, June 29 in Aquinnah where from 8 to 10 a.m. volunteers will head out to Philbin, Lobsterville and Moshup’s Beach.

28/06/2024

Jay Chattaway, a long-time seasonal Island resident, has composed the music for dozens of movies and hundreds of hours of TV, including 200-plus episodes over a 16-year period on Star Trek.

Emmy-award winning and Grammy-nominated composer Jay Chattaway can pinpoint the exact moment he realized he wanted to compose scores for film and television.

28/06/2024

The Island homelessness relief group Harbor Homes has begun a new summer outreach program that aims to offer food, medicine, counseling services and more to the Island’s high seasonal homeless population.

The Island homelessness relief group Harbor Homes has begun a new summer outreach program that aims to offer food, medicine, counseling services and more to the Island’s high seasonal homeless population. Sharon Brown, the director of homeless services at Harbor Homes, began the new program in May...

28/06/2024

Four young Island men have bought into the lobstering business in the past two years, continuing family legacies. Three are in their early 20s, one just turned 18, graduating from the regional high school in June.

Four young Island men have bought into the lobstering business in the past two years, continuing family legacies. Three are in their early 20s; one recently turned 18, graduating from the regional high school in June.

27/06/2024

The select board voted Tuesday to tap Edgartown police officer Gary Kovack to replace the retiring John Crocker.

27/06/2024

There are paintbrushes in Harry’s Seymour art studio, about 50 or more in various sizes, shapes and thickness, but they sit on the sidelines resting idle by the sink in all manner of plastic containers.

27/06/2024

A dead loggerhead sea turtle washed ashore near Zack’s Cliffs in Aquinnah on June 17, the first across the Cape and Islands in 2024.

A dead loggerhead sea turtle washed ashore near Zack’s Cliffs in Aquinnah on June 17, the first across the Cape and Islands in 2024. Loggerheads are one of four species of sea turtles found around the Island. All are federally protected as “endangered” or “threatened”. Bret Stearns, the in...

27/06/2024

Lambert's Cove Beach will be without lifeguards this summer due to a lack of applicants. Island beach managers say hiring guards has grown difficult in recent years, partially due to the lack of housing.

26/06/2024

Oak Bluffs voters Tuesday reaffirmed spending $6.9 million to repair the East Chop bluffs and $26 million for wastewater upgrades.

26/06/2024

Vineyard housing advocates are urging the state Senate to reinsert the long-sought transfer fee tax in order to chip away at the Island's housing crisis.

Vineyard housing advocates are urging the state Senate to reinsert the long-sought transfer fee tax to chip away at the Island's housing crisis.

26/06/2024

The Martha’s Vineyard Regional High School committee voted 7-1 Monday to allow the continued development of a new policy preventing nearly all student use of mobile phones during the school day.

26/06/2024

The work of Julia Marden, an Aquinnah Wampanoag artist, will be on display in July. The exhibit includes a turkey feather mantle, a garment similar to a cape, and four wampum belts, all made by Ms. Marden.

For NaDaizja Bolling, director of the Aquinnah Cultural Center, it is important to have a museum that is centered on self-determination.

25/06/2024

Marlin Goodwin, #8, stood on the mound, his Vineyard-purple jersey tucked into gray baseball slacks. Penn Field was quiet. The scoreboard displayed a full count. Barnstable had runners on second and third.

Marlin Goodman, #8, stood on the mound, his Vineyard-purple jersey tucked into gray baseball slacks. Penn Field was quiet. The scoreboard displayed a full count. Barnstable had runners on second and third.