Vineyard Haven residents Peter and Barbara Oberfest didn’t come into ownership of The Martha’s Vineyard Times with a background in newspapers. The two were looking to move to the Vineyard full-time from Philadelphia. But in the mid-1990s, the Oberfests became the publishers of the paper anyway, and for nearly three decades, they shepherded it through […]
A fire that spread through a commercial building and multiple vehicles in Oak Bluffs Wednesday night resulted in injury to two firefighters and extensive property damage. Around 9:15 pm Wednesday, Oak Bluffs Fire-EMS were dispatched to 79 Edgartown-Vineyard Haven Rd, where fire officials believe a fire originating from the engine compartment of a work van […]
Carol Meikle likes to call her son the miracle child. Geovane Meikle was never supposed to come into the world, after all. And now, at age 17, he’s been selected to participate in an international basketball tournament held across Europe this upcoming summer. “I’m extremely proud of him,” Carol Meikle says of her son. “He […]
An Oak Bluffs woman is suing a driver who allegedly caused her injury while driving erratically through the Campgrounds last month. Lorna Welch, a resident of Wesleyan Grove in Oak Bluffs, filed a complaint with Dukes County Superior Court against David Murphy on Tuesday, Sept. 26, Murphy was arrested in September on charges of operating […]
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