From an African American neighborhood in 20th century Oak Bluffs to 1800s Colorado Rockies, and with a Black New York City schoolteacher and the British author of “Peter Pan,” the plays and characters in the Martha’s Vineyard Playhouse 2024 calendar will carry audiences near and far this spring and summer. “Ten years ago, in 2014, […]
“Billy Baloo,” the new fun musical onstage at the Martha’s Vineyard Playhouse, is an act of love … or, in this case, multiple acts. From the moment the actors walk onstage, you know they are having a marvelous time and love what they’re doing. It all starts with three truly humorous prospectors-turned-miners played by […]
Enjoy a cabaret featuring popular standards that celebrate the spirit of the spring season with singers Shelagh Hackett and Paul Munafo, accompanied by Jeremy Berlin on piano. Ring in the spring with this special performance on Friday, May 20, at 7:30 pm. Melodies will be performed downstairs in the Marilyn Meyerhoff Lobby at the Martha’s […]
Bandstand-off between planners and select board?
Planning board members balk at town hall interference with Owen Park Bandstand.
Tisbury s planning board doesn t want the select board or town administrator to interfere with the will of the voters on the Owen Park Bandstand project.
Members of the Tisbury planning board weren’t enthused to hear possible interference with the Owen Park Bandstand might be coming from town hall.
On Feb. 17, planning board member Cheryl Doble, who has been immersed in the bandstand project, gave the board a report on progress with the structure and with the installation of a handicap-accessible terrace at the upper portion of the park. Doble’s report included repeated suggestions that the select board and town administrator Jay Grande are trying to put the brakes on the project, an assertion select board chair Jim Rogers later denied.
The Martha s Vineyard Times
Cahill appointed to Port Council for Tisbury
‘Avid boater’ picked over environmentalists for waterways committee.
Dukes County Commissioner John Cahill was appointed to the SSA Port Council Tuesday night as Tisbury s representative.
In a unanimous vote Tuesday night, the Tisbury select board appointed Dukes County commissioner John Cahill to the Port Council of the Steamship Authority as Tisbury’s representative.
Cahill replaces outgoing Port Council member George Balco. The board interviewed one other candidate, former SSA Capt. David Dandridge, before making its decision.
Also by unanimous vote, the board chose planning board member Paul Munafo over Tisbury Waterways Inc. board member Beverly Potsaid and Lagoon Pond Association president Doug Reece for a slot on Tisbury’s waterways committee.