4+ day, 17+ hour ago   (264+ words) It’s now confirmed that a woman in her late 20s who was pulled from the water off Norton Point last Monday with wounds to her lower leg suffered the first unprovoked shark bite on the Island in recent memory. Greg Skomal,…...

4+ day, 19+ hour ago   (252+ words) The West Tisbury library’s “Modern Novel Study Group” returns for its ninth year on Thursday, Sept. 10, from 10:30 am to noon on Zoom, with a discussion of the first half of Herman Melville’s “Moby-Dick.” This group meets monthly on the third…...

4+ day, 20+ hour ago   (173+ words) The Aquinnah library signage is surely brightening up our town these days. Thank you to the staff for keeping that little building humming. It’s like a heartbeat for us all. A brief note about editors. The relationship between columnists and…...

4+ day, 20+ hour ago   (564+ words) The description of Ellie Brelis’ play “Driver’s Seat: Obsessive Compulsive Disaster” immediately grabs our attention. Buckle up for a twisted ride through OCD, an epic breakup, a major breakdown, coming out, and, just possibly, learning how to drive. Ellie Brelis…...

1+ week, 6+ day ago   (263+ words) There were reports that someone was bit by a shark at the very end of Norton Point Monday afternoon. A transcript of Martha’s Vineyard Public Safety Radio said that “a female party that pulled from water is bleeding.” At 1:49 pm,…...

2+ week, 4+ day ago   (284+ words) We hear Martin Luther King Jr. proclaiming, “We were taking the Black young men who had been crippled by our society and sending them 8,000 miles away to guarantee liberties in Southeast Asia, which they had not found in Southwest Georgia…...

2+ week, 4+ day ago   (542+ words) I drove to the Public Safety Building last Saturday afternoon, through the rain, past the rusty-green foliage surrounding the Mill Pond, past the white mallows blooming in Parsonage Pond, not really paying much attention to the sights, as I had…...

2+ week, 4+ day ago   (456+ words) • The center is welcoming volunteers for all interests! Call or email today. • Free Memory Training with M.V. Center for Living at Oak Bluffs Public Library. Tuesdays, 2-4pm. Oct. 6, 13, 20, and 27. Email [email protected] or call 508-693-9433 to register. This course is not intended…...

2+ week, 5+ day ago   (404+ words) Owners of the controversial Island Theatre have called on the courts to make a local resident compensate them with millions of dollars for allegedly backing out of a deal to buy the Oak Bluffs property. Lucky 7 Realty Trust, represented by…...

2+ week, 6+ day ago   (411+ words) Every August, for the past 13 years, the Ms. Foundation for Women has arrived on the Vineyard to build community alongside those committed to social change. This year, the event took place on Tuesday, August 18, at the Grange Hall. The Ms....