The Spirit of the Vineyard Award for outstanding contributions to the community as a volunteer will be awarded this year to Richard Leonard. Leonard has volunteered for several Island organization, including the Habitat for Humanity and Lions Club; his contributions included helping to find funding for the Dukes County Regional Housing Authority’s first project at […]
The Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission (ASMFC) and its Atlantic Striped Bass Management Board voted Tuesday to lower the upper end of the striped bass slot size for 2023. The emergency action will be enforcing a 31-inch maximum size limit to all recreational fishing regulations, effective July 2. The change will affect all Atlantic coastal […]
The Up-Island School Committee unanimously voted to withdraw an article requesting $120,000 from the up-Island towns to fund a space needs study for the West Tisbury School. The request has effectively been tabled. School committee members wanted to wait until funding could be available from the Massachusetts School Building Authority (MSBA), which could not only […]
Walter Charles Lison died on Saturday, Dec. 31, 2022, at the Henrietta Brewer House in Vineyard Haven. He was 93. Walter was born and raised in New York City, and began his career in the textile industry in 1947. He was an enthusiastic novice, but successfully climbed to the rank of senior executive at Universal […]