On Saturday, Feb. 10, at 3 pm, the West Tisbury library hosts a presentation about Vineyard Lawns with Sam Look, executive director of the Vineyard Conservation Society. She will go over the basics of having a lawn that’s safe for children, pets, and ponds. This event is free and open to the public. And, in […]
Simon and Robyn Athearn, owners of Morning Glory farm, are looking to build a new production barn as well as five new cabins on Road to Great Neck Road in West Tisbury, which they plan to use as employee housing. Since Simon Athearn bought the property from his family in 2011, he says that Morning […]
‘It takes a village” might sound a little clichéd, but it’s what comes to mind when learning about the Martha’s Vineyard Public Charter School (MVPCS) mentorship program. Twenty-two ninth- and tenth-grade students work one-on-one with mentors for two hours every Wednesday. The program stalled when COVID hit, but Peter Steedman, MVPCS director, says, “Now it’s […]
The English settled Martha’s Vineyard from the outside in; early colonial settlements clustered around natural harbors and mill-powering streams, mostly near the periphery of the Island. The dry interior that scrubby triangle formed by the highways connecting Vineyard Haven, West Tisbury, and Edgartown remained virtually uninhabited for centuries. Modern inland developments like those […]
This year’s M.V. Film Festival, running from March 22 to 26, promises to connect the community to the film experience. Brian Ditchfield, artistic and executive director of Circuit Arts the parent company of the Martha’s Vineyard Film Festival and director of film programming, Minah (Worley) Oh, are infectiously enthusiastic about the concept of […]