Vineyard Gazette

1 week ago | vineyardgazette.com | Katie Carroll

If you’ve been to any of the 63 National Parks, you know already that it’s more than just a pretty place; it is an awe inspiring experience. Most weeks I try to keep my column focus on you, but occasionally I just have to share a little bit about me. I’ve set a goal to visit each of the National Parks. Yes, there are a lot. Yes, some of them are a challenge to get to like Gates of the Arctic in Alaska that requires a charter plane to access.

1 week ago | vineyardgazette.com | Ethan Genter

The Cape and Islands District Attorney’s Office last week dropped domestic violence and rape charges against a Dukes County corrections officer. Prosecutors on Friday decided to not move forward with the charges against Craig A. Daley, who had been accused of assaulting and raping a woman in 2024. The decision was based on the alleged victim’s inability “to participate in the prosecution,” district attorney Robert Galibois wrote in a filing with Edgartown District Court.

1 week ago | vineyardgazette.com | Louisa Hufstader

The Ocean View in Oak Bluffs, where generations of Islanders met for family dinners, date nights and drinks before it burned to the ground in 2022, will not be rising from its ashes as a restaurant, according to a new proposal from property owners Charles (Chuck) Hajjar and Charles Hajjar.

1 week ago | vineyardgazette.com | Ethan Genter

Massachusetts is enacting the first east coast catch limits on bonito and false albacore in order to protect the understudied species. The state Marine Fisheries Advisory Commission voted late last month to adopt a 16-inch minimum size limit on the two fish, which are staples of the Martha’s Vineyard Striped Bass and Bluefish Derby. There will also be a catch limit, with anglers able to keep, in total, a combined five false albacore and bonito per person, per day.

1 week ago | vineyardgazette.com | Louisa Hufstader

In the traditional Good Friday devotion known as Stations of the Cross, worshipers trace the last days of the life of Jesus through a symbolic pilgrimage. From condemnation to crucifixion and entombment, the 14 prayer stations tell of cruelty, grief and murder in a brutal story that has persisted for more than 2,000 years. The Federated Church of Martha’s Vineyard has updated the tradition, including contemporary issues to highlight how the atrocities are ongoing in present-day society.