The Martha's Vineyard Times

The Martha's Vineyard Times is an independent news outlet and weekly publication serving the community of Martha’s Vineyard, located just seven miles off the southeastern coast of Massachusetts. The island's six towns accommodate a year-round population of roughly 21,000, which swells to about 100,000 during the seasonal months. The Times provides in-depth local news and updates in three main formats: a weekly print newspaper (The MV Times) that is mailed and available at various retail spots across the island every Thursday morning, a five-day-a-week email newsletter called The Minute, and an online platform. After transitioning from free to paid subscriptions in early 2020, the Times now has a weekly print circulation of around 5,000 and nearly 10,000 subscribers to The Minute. The website sees over 5 million visitors each year, with daily page views reaching up to 80,000 during significant news events. In addition to its main offerings, The Times also publishes several other magazines, including Edible Vineyard, Vineyard Visitor, Martha’s Vineyard Arts & Ideas, Voices, and Vineyard Property Values.

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Islanders celebrate Earth Day

3 days ago | mvtimes.com | Daniel Greenman

After many spent the first part of the day collecting trash from Island beaches, Vineyarders flocked to the M.V. Museum on Saturday for the third annual Earth Day Festival, a chance to get to know and get involved with local environmental efforts. The all-ages audience, many families with young children, enjoyed arts and crafts with natural materials as well as discussions with field researchers.
High school project down to four final designs

3 days ago | mvtimes.com | Daniel Greenman

Island officials have narrowed down preliminary designs for the high school building project to four final concepts, one of which includes a new performing arts center. By June 26, the committee must submit a renovation-only design, an addition and renovation plan, and a totally new construction option to the Massachusetts School Building Authority.
Tisbury faces backlash over bench removals

1 week ago | mvtimes.com | Daniel Greenman

Many Islanders and commuters are voicing frustration with the Tisbury select board’s decision to remove covered benches at the Vineyard Haven Steamship Authority terminal bus stop, which was made in order to discourage loitering and stop fights that have broken out in the area.
Wild Side: The indestructible seaside goldenrod

1 week ago | mvtimes.com | Matt Pelikan

Today’s subject is a bit unseasonable, since the plant I’m discussing doesn’t bloom until the shortening days of early autumn. But like most of our native vegetation, it’s breaking dormancy as you read this. And as the gardeners among you contemplate your spring planting campaigns, this column may serve as a timely recommendation for a plant that is beautiful, easy to grow, and beloved by pollinators of all kinds. I’m talking about seaside goldenrod, Solidago sempervirens.
West Tisbury Town Column

1 week ago | mvtimes.com | Hermine Hull

After a few nice days, we seem to have returned to winter. It was windy and cold much of the past week. Rainy, too. It’s never smart to put away your sweaters and flannel sheets too early in the spring. A large group of family and friends, wet and bedraggled, gathered at the West Tisbury Cemetery on Sunday afternoon, as the Rev. Cathlin Baker presided at the burial of Johnny Athearn. We reassembled at the Grange afterward for hot coffee and a service with lots of recollections and encomia.
Oak Bluffs Library’s Community Library

1 week ago | mvtimes.com | Abby Remer

Oak Bluffs Library director Allyson Malik has created an exciting new endeavor — the Community Library. The initiative arose from her concern about AI-generated information that is not authentic, accurate, or reliable infiltrating the publishing world. In a recent conversation, Malik set the stage: “We acquire new material year after year, and all of it goes on our shelves.
Live orchestra, Orca replica part of ‘Jaws’ 50th celebrations

1 week ago | mvtimes.com | Daniel Greenman

Two months ahead of the 50th anniversary of “Jaws,” businesses are finalizing plans for the big summer season, which include a screening with a live orchestra and a to-scale replica of the interior of the Orca boat at the Martha’s Vineyard Museum. The Martha’s Vineyard Chamber of Commerce announced some of the top events in a press release on Friday.
Federal cuts jeopardize Island disease research

1 week ago | mvtimes.com | Daniel Greenman

The jobs of two Vineyard health professionals are in jeopardy due to federal funding cuts, which threaten to hold back local public health efforts. The two professionals — case investigator and former emergency room nurse Betsy VanLandingham and epidemiologist Leah Hamner — track diseases on-Island thanks to two contracts totaling $133,000 per year.
Edgartown passes expanded ADUs, party bylaw - The Martha's Vineyard Times

2 weeks ago | mvtimes.com | Daniel Greenman

Edgartown voters on Tuesday night sat down for a four-hour town meeting, led by moderator Steve Ewing at the Old Whaling Church. Voters passed a leaf-blower phaseout, approved a party bylaw postponed last year, and passed significant funding for town projects. Among the highlights Tuesday, voters passed a bylaw allowing up to five well-attended commercial events per year on a single lot, via special permit.
Act Two Secondhand Store supports the community

2 weeks ago | mvtimes.com | Abby Remer

Flipping through a list of nonprofits recently, I discovered Act Two. I was immediately intrigued by this Vineyard Haven secondhand store, which, filled with alluring previously owned goods, uses funds from its sales to support community theater and arts and education programs across the Island. Act Two is not your grandma’s thrift store. It is the brainchild of co-founders Kevin Ryan and Alissa Keenan, who devised this intriguing way to support the arts.