There’s a new way for Tisbury residents to help keep bodies of water within the town clean. Tisbury Waterways, Inc. announced the launch of the Adopt-a-Drain program, which allows volunteers to monitor and clean a drain, out of the 639 current drains in Tisbury. The nonprofit organization is sponsoring the program through a grant from […]
Here are some of the top news stories in 2023 on Martha’s Vineyard, by the numbers: First: On March 28, the Oak Bluffs select board appointed Emily deBettencourt to the position of town harbormaster, making her the first woman harbormaster on Martha’s Vineyard. 2 – 1: On September 5, a land court judge ruled in […]
From Gabe Bellebuono’s job as an onshore and offshore wind tech to the young sailor Landon Cormie, to Dr. Charles Silberstein’s take on writer’s block, we took a deep dive into our Island community, met some interesting people, and visited interesting places. Early in the year, Ray Whitaker wrote about ketamine therapy, and […]
The Martha’s Vineyard Regional High School (MVRHS) Committee unanimously agreed to enter into a contract with CHA Consulting as the owner’s project manager for the overhaul of the Island’s regional high school building. According to MVRHS special projects coordinator Sam Hart, the Massachusetts School Building Authority officials recently gave the green light on the contract. […]
A Tisbury group charged with coming up with a recommendation for a future town hall have recommended building a new, 10,000-square-foot facility on West William Street. The consolidated town hall task group pitched the idea to the town’s select board on Wednesday for the 1.03-acre 55 West William Street site. The group estimated the project […]