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June 28: Welcome Back to the Vineyard

June 28: Welcome Back to the Vineyard

June 28, 2018

We drive people to the boat. We pick people up at the boat. We wait with cheers and signs when champions return to the island. We sometimes dress up in costumes when our favorite campers are coming back for the summer. We get choked up when our children and grandchildren arrive, waving from the deck of the Island Homelike there’s nothing […]

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Follow us on Instagram @marthasvineyardonline

June 27, 2018

If you’re on Instagram, follow us and tag your photos @marthasvineyardonline for a chance to be featured on our feed. We’re part of the Martha’s Vineyard Media Group, so we’d love it if you followed our other Insta feeds too: @vineyardgazette, @marthas_vineyard_magazine, and @mvislandweddings. We love photos of Vineyard landmarks, Vineyard businesses, Vineyard style, Vineyard […]

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Mill Brook Under Threat; Public Forum Scheduled

June 22, 2018

Martha’s Vineyard – Following the completion of a year-long study, it has been determined that high water temperatures, water diversion and inflated levels of nitrogen and phosphorus all threaten the vast Mill Brook river system and some of its most vulnerable species. Scientists with the environmental consulting firm ESS Group and Vineyard wildlife research organization […]

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Musical Mondays at Featherstone Cancelled

June 22, 2018

Martha’s Vineyard – Musical Mondays, the summer concert series held at Featherstone Center for the Arts for over 20 years, has been cancelled this summer due to lack of parking  for the vehicles that typically brought some 400 people to the popular weekly event.  Additional parking following recent construction of two new buildings was planned […]

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Seattle Company Awarded SSA Consultancy Contract

June 22, 2018

Martha’s Vineyard – HMS Consulting and Technical Engineers, a Seattle, Washington marine consulting company has been awarded  the contract to to undertake a comprehensive review of Steamship Authority operations, pending contract negotiations. Eight companies had responded to a request for proposals following an agreement by the SSA board of governors to seek an independent review […]

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Tashmoo Faces Navigational Issues

June 15, 2018

Martha’s Vineyard – An accumulation of sand, silt and neglected paperwork have rendered the entrance to Lake Tashmoo impassable at times, Tisbury selectmen learned this week. Due to permitting issues, the channel was not dredged during the off season, turning the entryway to the pristine saltwater lake into a tricky and potential trouble spot for […]

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