The Martha’s Vineyard Airport announced it will hold a public information meeting regarding an ongoing noise compatibility study. The open-house style workshop will be held on Tuesday, Oct. 10, from 6 to 8 pm at the Martha’s Vineyard Airport Terminal. The airport conducted a noise study to create a noise exposure map to understand and […]
West Tisbury will be increasing discussions about the future of Howes House, which is home to the Up-Island Council on Aging, alongside reaching out to individuals 55 to 75 years old about the topic. This decision was made during the West Tisbury select board meeting on Wednesday, Dec. 7. West Tisbury resident Susan Wasserman sent […]
This year’s cohort of Rural Scholars from the UMass Chan Medical School gave a two-for-one presentation with recommendations for creating an integrated health care system to improve Martha’s Vineyard for residents who are older or have a disability. While the focus was on the older population, they share many needs with people who have disabilities, […]
At the edge of downtown Oak Bluffs, on the corner of Pennacook and Circuit Avenues, stands a building with a long and colorful history: 82 Pennacook Ave., owned by the town of Oak Bluffs and currently undergoing renovations to become residential apartments. Modern records state that this structure was built in 1895, but fire insurance […]
Robert Paul Levine died from natural causes at the age of 95 on Jan. 25, 2022, at home in West Tisbury. Levine was born in Brooklyn, N.Y., in 1926 and grew up in Los Angeles, Calif. After serving in the U.S. Navy during WWII, Levine received his doctorate in plant science from the University of […]