Ladyfest MV Music Festival is back and ready to raise awareness and funds for Connect to End Violence, a M.V. Community Services program. The mission of Connect is to reduce domestic and sexual violence on Martha’s Vineyard by changing the social norms through education, advocacy, and community mobilization, and providing crisis intervention services for victims. […]
Stop & Shop is reminding the community with signs at its Edgartown store of a change coming. Starting April 1, the town will ban the sale of small plastic water bottles. “We are prepared to be in compliance with the new law by its effective date,” Stop & Shop spokesperson Maura O’Brien wrote in an […]
A community fundraiser for a 29-year-old Vineyard resident who is on the waiting list for a heart transplant garnered roughly $25,000 on Dec. 18. In November, Sofia Hart was diagnosed with idiopathic dilated cardiomyopathy, an irreversible heart condition the same disease that her twin sister, Olivia was diagnosed with just over six years earlier. […]
The Oak Bluffs library held its first annual Gingerbread House Making Competition on Saturday, Dec. 17, and it was a sweet success, with 26 participants and six onlookers watching the magic happen. According to an email from Michelle Lynch, children’s and young adult librarian at the library, the program was first conceived by adult programming […]
MV football has two tough matchups On back-to-back Fridays, the Vineyarders faced two larger programs in Sandwich and then Nauset. Coach Tony Mottola knew the game against Sandwich away would be a challenge, citing their physical offensive line and effective run game. Unfortunately, the Vineyarders couldn’t keep up, and lost 44-7. Looking to bounce back, […]