After three years of virtual luncheons, the Martha’s Vineyard branch of the NAACP will bring back its annual Martin Luther King Jr. membership event to the P.A. Club on Monday, Jan. 15, from 1 to 3 pm. A panel of guest speakers will discuss how to most effectively continue the struggle for social and economic […]
Mrs. Marie B. Allen, 92, of Oak Bluffs, passed away on Feb. 4, 2023. Marie was born on May 25, 1930, to Edward James Bowling and Mary Frances (Redmond) Bowling. After graduating from Roxbury Memorial High School for Girls in 1947, she went on to study at Northwestern University at night, and worked a government […]
The NAACP Martha’s Vineyard Branch issued a statement on Tuesday asserting that the Oak Bluffs select board has refused to hear a request to raise the Juneteenth Flag in recognition of the federal holiday on Sunday. “The NAACP Martha’s Vineyard Branch is very disappointed that the Oak Bluffs select board has chosen not to even […]
The first official pride parade on Martha’s Vineyard pulled in Islanders en masse on a warm, blue skied Saturday in Oak Bluffs. Hundreds gathered street side as paraders commenced through the town. Festivities began at the dock of the Island Queen ferry on Oak Bluffs Harbor. The parade was met with cheers as onlookers watched […]