A celebration of life for Susan Spalding Silva will be held on Saturday, Nov. 7, from 2 to 4 pm. at the Grange Hall in West Tisbury. Family and friends are warmly invited to gather, share memories, and honor her life. Light refreshments will be served. Contributions of small bites or baked goods are welcome; please contact Andrea Silva at letscelebratesue42@gmail.com by Nov. 5. The post Celebration of life for Susan Spalding Silva appeared first on MV Times.
Circuit Arts will be welcoming Matt Nakoa and Thistle to Martha’s Vineyard Playhouse for two consecutive evenings of live music. On Friday, Oct. 23, Nakoa, a genre-blending songwriter and multi-instrumentalist, will perform. And the following evening, chamber-folk trio Thistle will take the stage. Nakoa
Chilmark Oct. 6, Tony Shalhoub and Brooke Adams, trustees of Adams-Shalhoube Revocable Trust, sold 205 South Road to NP Two LLC and South Road NP Two LLC for $4,550,000.
A giant bluefish caught by 44-year-old Louisiana native David Gerhardt netted him the grand prize at the 81st Martha’s Vineyard Striped Bass and Bluefish Derby Sunday afternoon. Gerhardt’s winning fish was a 21.01-pound bluefish caught on the boat of Island resident Sandy Fisher. His winning fish was the only one Gerhardt caught last Tuesday and happened about 30 minutes into the all-day trip. This year was Gerhardt’s first time fishing in the Striped Bass and Bluefish Derby.
After 18 months of construction, the new campus and headquarters of Martha’s Vineyard Community Services (MVCS) was officially opened Friday afternoon in a ribbon-cutting ceremony. The campus at 111 Edgartown-Vineyard Haven Road, across from Martha’s Vineyard Regional High School, has served Islanders for six decades. The new headquarters, built by West Tisbury-based South Mountain Company and named in honor of the Morby Family for their $3 million gift, is 13,700 square feet and features “modern,…
Opening dates are set for the scallop season in Oak Bluffs after the town’s select board passed the recommendations of the town’s shellfish committee. According to Oak Bluffs Select Board meeting minutes from Sept. 22, the opening dates for recreational shellfishing is Oct. 17 in Sengekontacket Pond, with commercial shellfishing beginning on Oct. 26 for Sengekontacket and off the coast. Lagoon Pond opens on Oct. 31 for recreational shellfishing, followed by commercial on Nov. 2.
The first phase of a plan to cut 52 acres of white pine plantations to restore native species in the State Forest stalled this month after the bid process proved unsuccessful, once again. The state Department of Conservation and Recreation (DCR), which owns and manages the Manuel F. Correllus State Forest, received only one bid over the winter when they put out a request for quotes (RFQ) in mid-January. The bid exceeded the budget, and the agency planned to rebid the project in the fall.
To the Editor: The inescapable math attached to this injunction is clear: Loss of public access = loss of public use = theft. Like any victim of theft, I feel violated by forces seemingly beyond my control. Like any victim of theft, I seek justice.
The Steamship Authority’s (SSA) oldest vessel, the freight ferry Governor, hit the market this fall. Bids are open until Dec. 8, and the ferry line previously assessed the Governor at an estimated value of $325,000. It’s currently docked at the SSA’s Fairhaven repair facility, after serving one more summer as a spare ferry.
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