Islanders head to the polls next week to vote on the largest capital project the Island’s ever seen. And despite the high cost, The Times believes voters should step up and approve this ambitious $333 million upgrade and renovation plan for a new Martha’s Vineyard Regional High School (MVRHS). The Times’ Island Writer on health, housing, and education, Sarah Shaw Dawson, has tirelessly covered the climax of the detailed and lengthy process that brings us to this point, including a revealing…
A group dance from 2019. —Roberta Kirn Serendipity, some say. Inspiration, say others. A feeling of belonging. Intimacy. Support. Inclusivity and openness. A magical experience. Like coming home. Unmatched and overwhelming in the best way. The bomb-diggity. There really is nothing like it! It is still the way it was 30 years ago! If you aren’t one of the 1,300 artists or more than 40,000 audience members who’ve experienced the exuberant performances at Built on Stilts over the past 30 years,…
New England has long been an epicenter for tick-borne disease. Today, the region is also on the front lines of an emerging public health threat: expansion of the range of the lone star tick (Amblyomma americanum) and the disease it brings: alpha-gal syndrome (AGS). AGS is a serious allergic reaction to the carbohydrate galactose-alpha-1,3-galactose (alpha-gal). AGS is spread through the saliva of the lone star tick, an invasive species now rapidly spreading across Massachusetts and the Northeast.…
The health of our schools should be a concern of all Island residents, including older adults. Healthy Aging Martha’s Vineyard exists to help make the Vineyard a community in which “older adults thrive.” We at Healthy Aging study the things that older adults need to live a full, healthy life. “Community” tops the list. For older adults to thrive, they need to live in a community that thrives. On June 2, Island citizens will have a once-in-a-generation chance to vote for an investment critical…
To the Editor: Deception. Why I’m voting against the High School funding ballot (and why you should too). Lately, I’ve been thinking a lot about that word. It is the foundation of corruption, theft, crime, and de-community. It’s the premier tool of politicians, marketers, grifters, thieves, scammers, propagandists, the selfish, the self-interested. America, today, seems deception-saturated — in big and small ways. Deception is intentional: like colored packaging concealing…
To the Editor:About 15 years ago or so, I wanted to help out my kids’ school, so I joined the Tisbury School PTO. Before long, I found myself as the parent representative for the PTO on the school building committee for the Tisbury School (round 1). I was prepared to work hard, alongside my community, to build a world-class school for many future generations of students. How could it be anything other than a rewarding and exciting experience? For a while, it was. Though the commitment entailed…
To the Editor: As the Island’s nonprofit workforce training organization, ACE MV strongly endorses the proposed upgrades to and investment in MVRHS career and technical education (CTE) facilities, which are now not up to code, and cannot provide the training that existing and future generations of students require for today’s economy. In addition to serving high school students, the proposed state-of-the-art learning labs and training equipment will also be available to Island community…
To the Editor: When people find out I live on Martha’s Vineyard, they invariably say “It must be soooo beautiful,” and I tell them it is, but that is not the key to what makes it an exceptional place to live. (We’ve been here 26 years.) “What,” I say, “makes it exceptional is the sense of community. That when you go to the supermarket, you bump into a half-dozen people you know or might like to know. When someone dies, it’s not unusual for hundreds of people to show up for a…
Michael Johnson knew he was witnessing something special when he first encountered the Oak Bluffs Polar Bears at Inkwell Beach in 2010. His iconic black-and-white photograph of about 20 participants standing breast-deep in calm waters, arms raised in a sacred salutation, exemplifies the essence of its title, “JOY.” The photograph embodies the spirit of the beloved Inkwell Beach ritual, which began in 1946. The Polar Bears’ early morning water exercise class was created as a haven for Black…
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