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Commission begins review of Oak Bluffs hotel »

Mon, 21 Jul 2025 17:42:52 -0400 | via Martha's Vineyard Times

A controversial Victorian-style hotel proposed for Oak Bluffs that some say will alter the fabric of the neighborhood has begun its public hearing process before the Martha’s Vineyard Commission. While commissioners noted the benefits presented by the applicants in returning a hotel to where the Ocean View restaurant once stood — a popular eatery that burned down three years ago — they also questioned whether there’d be benefits to Islanders. On Thursday, the Martha’s Vineyard Commission…

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Oak Bluffs radiates with Portuguese heritage »

Mon, 21 Jul 2025 15:53:54 -0400 | via Martha's Vineyard Times

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Craft, community, and culture »

Mon, 21 Jul 2025 15:31:43 -0400 | via Martha's Vineyard Times

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Steamship working to mitigate terminal congestion »

Mon, 21 Jul 2025 14:55:38 -0400 | via Martha's Vineyard Times

Amid the clamor for improved pedestrian safety and complaints of traffic congestion around the Steamship Authority’s Woods Hole terminal, ferry officials say additional safety measures have been implemented. But some board members said the ferry line needs to improve communication, worried that the ferry line’s credibility is being undermined. The ongoing terminal construction is part of a terminal reconstruction process that is over a decade in the works with the expectation that most of the…

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Community Services raises over $200k at Possible Dreams »

Mon, 21 Jul 2025 12:48:38 -0400 | via Martha's Vineyard Times

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Dr. Fauci is in »

Fri, 18 Jul 2025 15:46:46 -0400 | via Martha's Vineyard Times

One of the country’s most recognizable public figures from the COVID and AIDS pandemics made a speaking appearance on-Island yesterday. After a visit to the local hospital on Thursday, immunologist and longtime presidential advisor Dr. Anthony Fauci spoke to 450 attendees at the Agricultural Hall about his career as a public health official for seven U.S. administrations, including his work in the White House Coronavirus Task Force. He also shared concerns about the country’s vulnerability to…

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Affordable, workforce housing project breaks ground »

Fri, 18 Jul 2025 14:53:15 -0400 | via Martha's Vineyard Times

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Vineyarders stand out for ‘good trouble’ »

Fri, 18 Jul 2025 13:12:58 -0400 | via Martha's Vineyard Times

Hundreds of Islanders gathered at Five Corners in Vineyard Haven on Thursday afternoon with handwritten signs and music as part of a nationwide rally celebrating the life of Congressman John Lewis on the fifth anniversary of his passing. Lewis was a civil rights activist who first coined the phrase “good trouble,” in a 2018 post on Twitter. “Get in good trouble, necessary trouble, and help redeem the soul of America,” Lewis famously said in a speech in Selma, Alabama on Bloody Sunday…

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New freight ferry out of commission again »

Thu, 17 Jul 2025 22:00:10 -0400 | via Martha's Vineyard Times

The Steamship Authority’s newest freight ferry, the Aquinnah, was taken out of service due to a hydraulic leak on Thursday, resulting in a number of cancelled trips. The ferry line announced on Thursday night that another freight ferry, the Sankaty, will be sailing in the Aquinnah’s place starting Friday morning until further notice. On Thursday evening, the Aquinnah was berthed in Woods Hole, according to the ferry line’s vessel tracker. Sean Driscoll, Steamship communications director,…

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Healey proposal could open Vineyard great pond beaches »

Thu, 17 Jul 2025 15:39:44 -0400 | via Martha's Vineyard Times

The central objective of a long-winded legal dispute on the Island just received the support it needs through Governor Maura Healey’s $3 billion environmental bond bill filed last month. First reported by The Boston Globe, the measure that would redefine what makes a beach public in Massachusetts imitates language used by Richard Friedman, a Boston real estate mogul who owns a house on Oyster Pond in Edgartown; Freidman has tried to make a barrier beach across the pond public, and has been fighting…

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