The sold-out screening of A Passion for Oysters at the Martha’s Vineyard Film Center a locally produced film that highlights the restoration efforts of the Chesapeake Bay illustrated Islanders’ own passion for, as well as the struggles in growing, the bivalves. Hosted by the Tisbury Waterways, Inc. (TWI), the gathering attracted fishermen, conservationists, […]
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 […]
After numerous lengthy public hearings, deliberations, and voluminous public testimony concerning a proposed expansion of Tisbury’s Safe Harbor Marina, the Martha’s Vineyard Commission approved the project in a split vote Thursday evening. The project, brought to the commission by Chris Scott, representing SHM Vineyard Haven, LLC, consists of the removal of four structures at the […]
On June 22, Tisbury’s select board voted unanimously to write a letter of endorsement for a Beach Street and Beach Street Extension Drainage project headed up by the Massachusetts Department of Transportation (MassDOT). The board learned MassDOT plans to execute the project in two parts and one of those parts remains in a study phase. […]
Martha’s Vineyard Regional High School (MVRHS) hosted its 23rd annual Science and Engineering Fair on Saturday, March 19. Sixteen investigative and engineering projects were scored by 19 judges from a wide selection of Island organizations. Twenty-four physics students in 10 teams also competed in a wind-turbine challenge. Sophomore Huck Moore was awarded the grand prize […]