A grant from the Massachusetts Municipal Vulnerability Preparedness Program will help protect the Island’s land and water from climate change stresses and misguided land-use practices, according to a press release from the Martha’s Vineyard Commission. The $163,540 grant will allow implementation of several actions in the 2022 Vineyard climate action plan, “The Vineyard Way” (thevineyardway.org). […]
Heard on Main Street: Save the whales. Collect the whole set. Kids especially will appreciate a family-friendly concert with Brooklyn’s “kindie” rock band Rolie Polie Guacamole, at 3 pm on Tuesday, August 22, at the bandstand in Owen Park. This high-energy, interactive show is a mix of funk, rock, and folk music mashed into original […]
Heard on Main Street: Don’t make old people mad. We don’t like being old in the first place, so it doesn’t take much to tick us off. Liz White’s “Othello” is a production of the Shearer Summer Theater, filmed 1962–66 on Martha’s Vineyard. This special treat will be shown tomorrow, Friday, August 11, at 7:30 […]
The Vineyard Conservation Society (VCS) will have a new executive director starting July 1. Brendan O’Neill who served in the capacity for nearly four decades will be succeeded by Samantha Look, who is currently the society’s director of advocacy and education. Look grew up on the Island. As a teenager, she often worked […]
If you live in a place like Martha’s Vineyard, summer frequently means visitors from far away. We have just had our first set a niece and her husband from Virginia. It was a lovely three-day visit, filled with drives around the Island, walks on the main shopping areas of each Vineyard town, time on […]