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Martha's Vineyard Hospital plans to follow hundreds of people who have been bitten by lone star ticks to get a better understanding of the tick-borne allergy that has swept across the Island.
The Aquinnah Cultural Center is beginning a new chapter of growth — one that starts in the soil.
This September, the Menemsha Market is returning to the historic fishing village, this time with a new name and a mission to benefit the fishing identity of Menemsha.
The Aquinnah Land Initiative is holding a public meeting next week to talk about the efforts to save the Aquinnah Shop restaurant property and the broader goal of returning ancestral lands to Wampanoag hands.
Properties sold for over $3 million made up nearly a quarter of all sales so far this year and more than half off the total cash spent on homes.
Select Board Details Reasons for Fireworks Cancellation
August 27, 2026
On Wednesday, the Oak Bluffs firework committee released a statement explaining that unfavorable seas and weather forced the town to cancel the longstanding August tradition.
Oak Bluffs Reminds Businesses of Plastic Bottle Ban
August 27, 2026
The Oak Bluffs select board is making a new effort to remind businesses of a town bylaw banning the sale of most single-use plastic bottles smaller than 34 ounces.
Singer-Songwriter John Craigie to Play Old Whaling Church
August 25, 2026
Circuit Arts will host singer-songwriter John Craigie at a show at the Old Whaling Church in Edgartown on Thursday.
Ferry, Bus Lines Team Up on Medical Connection to Boston
August 23, 2026
Starting in September, a new pilot program will offer VTA bus rides from Woods Hole to Sagamore, where a reservation-only CCRTA bus travels to Boston hospitals four days a week.
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From the August 29, 1975 edition of the Vineyard Gazette:
“I’m never cross, but I’m very abrupt. Anyone who’s been in military service is hard to get along with, and I am,“ Muriel Toomey said matter-of-factly one afternoon, in her big white South Road house that long ago was Chilmark’s first schoolhouse.
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