Martha’s Vineyard Community Services announced that long-distance paddleboarder, Adam Nagler, has completed his 1,000-mile trip and fundraiser. Nagler, an endurance athlete and advocate for mental health, raised $62,329 for Community Services over the course of his trip. In June, Nagler took off from the Little River Inlet in South Carolina. Nagler arrived on the shores […]
Adam Nagler, a long-distance paddleboarder, is set to arrive on the Vineyard Monday after traveling hundreds of miles on the Atlantic Ocean on a 14-foot paddleboard. In June, Nagler began his journey at the Little River Inlet in South Carolina. He’s scheduled to arrive at Eastville Beach in Vineyard Haven by Monday. The exact timing […]
Martha’s Vineyard Community Services hosted about 200 attendees for its 45th annual Possible Dreams auction on Sunday afternoon, held under a massive white tent on the lawn of Winnetu Oceanside Resort in Edgartown. In total, $766,000 had been raised by the end of the auction, surpassing last year’s $704,000 result. By mid-afternoon Monday, $799,000 had […]
Representative Dylan Fernandes secured about $1.2 million for the Cape and Islands in the state House of Representatives budget that will expand social services, support local nonprofits, and protect clean water. About $325,000 of that funding could be headed to Martha’s Vineyard. The legislation will need Senate approval before it goes to the governor’s desk […]
Martha’s Vineyard Community Services has received nearly $700,000 in state funding to help build a behavioral health workforce on the Island for things like addiction treatment. The two-year grant is through the state’s Executive Office of Health and Human Services (EOHHS), and is $685,000 in total. A press release from Community Services says funding will […]