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When the clock struck noon Thursday, the long line of people waiting for the 164th Martha’s Vineyard Agricultural Fair marched in to enjoy the rides, see the animals and taste the culinary delights.
In a long, technical order that deals with deeds going back more than 100 years, state Land Court Judge Sarah Turano-Flores found that the Trustees of Reservations, which manages miles of unpaved trails, has overburdened an easement that allows passage to the outermost point on Cape Pogue.
It was 1995, and Henry Louis (Skip) Gates Jr. was four years into his tenure at Harvard University, when he was tasked with building the “greatest center of African and African American studies in the world.”
Tobias Vanderhoop, a member of the Wampanoag Tribe of Gay Head (Aquinnah), will be singing the Wampanoag tribal honor song at a Boston Red Sox game next week during ceremonies to honor Indigenous people.
Connie McHugh, owner of Airport Fitness and the mother of pickleball on Martha’s Vineyard, was hanging a lamp over her kitchen table when she received the call that would lead to her very first film credit.
Harbor View Hotel Launches Hospitality with Heart
August 14, 2026
Edgartown’s Harbor View Hotel has launched a new initiative to give back to the Island community through its Hospitality With Heart program.
Wolf's Den Shut Down for Unpermitted Food Storage Container
August 13, 2026
The two Wolf’s Den Pizzeria locations on the Vineyard were closed last week due food being stored at an unpermitted storage container in Oak Bluffs, according to down-Island health officials.
Community Foundation Opens Grant Application Season
August 6, 2026
The Martha’s Vineyard Community Foundation invites nonprofit organizations serving the Island to apply for program-based funding through its 2026 community and impact grants.
Music of Motown Will Fill the Pews of the Tabernacle
August 6, 2026
The songs that made Hitsville U.S.A. a worldwide sensation will be heard at the Tabernacle in Oak Bluffs on Monday, August 10, during a free community concert hosted by the Motown Museum.
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From the August 14, 1981 edition of the Vineyard Gazette: As usual it didn’t dare rain for the Edgartown Open House Tour which benefits the Martha’s Vineyard Hospital.
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