Photographer Michael Blanchard is known for his stunning photography and moving storytelling, but his creative journey wasn’t always smooth sailing. He hit some pretty big bumps along the way. Blanchard was once COO of a hospital laboratory system in Maine with 1,000 employees. From the outside, he seemed to be on top of the world. […]
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 […]
The Island Grown Initiative (IGI) Community Lunch Program is in its final week of the season. It served 14,000 free lunches to the Island community over eight weeks of the summer school vacation. The program, which is in its seventh year, delivered lunches to 14 locations this year. The locations included the English Language Learning […]
When the sun sets on June 4, you will be able to see the June full moon, known as the Strawberry Moon. This moon was named for the wild strawberries that ripen this month. Did you know that a strawberry is not a berry? I just learned this recently strawberries are actually a form […]
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 […]