“Community is the antidote to despair.” Noelle Damico The League of Women Voters of Martha’s Vineyard membership tea honoring longtime member Leigh Smith was on Saturday, Sept. 23, at the Martha’s Vineyard Museum. The weather was frightful. Heavy winds and torrential rains threatened to dampen attendance. Members placed reminder calls, and made plans to carpool […]
After eight terms spanning 24 years of service to the town of Tisbury, moderator Deborah Medders plans to vacate the podium. Medders will preside over town meeting one last time this spring. Nomination papers for the position were available as of Monday, according to assistant town clerk Joanna Jernigan. The last day nomination papers can […]
About 50 Tisbury and Island residents gathered at the town’s senior center late Thursday afternoon to express their thoughts on the Beach Road Weekend, a three-day music festival held in August. Unlike the praise-fest festival promoter Adam Epstein enjoyed at an October select board meeting when business leaders and concert goers provided feedback to the […]
In the military, an after-action review (AAR) is an essential part of training. After a session is over, commanding officers with the assistance of those involved in the training assess how things went. They talk about what went as planned, and what needs to be improved upon for the next training session. We think […]
Tisbury voters have endorsed a request for $25.6 million in additional funds for the Tisbury School’s renovation and addition. Per prior statements by school officials, the new dose of money will stave off what may have been a collapse of the project, which has suffered from cost overruns attributed to inflation, among other things. The […]