3+ day, 17+ hour ago   (193+ words) Massachusetts State Police said they are cooperating with a local investigation into a reported sexual assault by suspects who allegedly stayed a night at the state department’s Oak Bluffs barracks when the incident occurred late last month. The two individuals…...

4+ day, 15+ hour ago   (166+ words) Tiffany McCarty, an RN and nursing educator at Martha’s Vineyard Hospital, teaches the skills portion. Examples include safely ambulating a patient, taking vital signs, emptying Foley catheters, transferring patients from a bed to a wheelchair, and assisting with daily living…...

4+ day, 15+ hour ago   (365+ words) Tisbury officials may soon be joining Oak Bluffs in calling for an increase to fees imposed on ferry lines. The Tisbury Select Board on Tuesday expressed interest in sending a letter to state legislators in a call to raise the…...

4+ day, 16+ hour ago   (473+ words) Kevin Agatep, 33, who was previously arrested following an incident outside the Ritz Cafe in Oak Bluffs where he allegedly assaulted a man in July and paralyzed the victim from the waist down, was arrested for separate charges, involving the distribution…...

4+ day, 19+ hour ago   (252+ words) The West Tisbury library’s “Modern Novel Study Group” returns for its ninth year on Thursday, Sept. 10, from 10:30 am to noon on Zoom, with a discussion of the first half of Herman Melville’s “Moby-Dick.” This group meets monthly on the third…...

4+ day, 18+ hour ago   (184+ words) Foster Perry and Kristos T. Perry of Golden Hummingbird are returning to the Island for their 29th year, offering several healing events from Sept. 15 to 20. On Tuesday, Sept. 15, at 6:30 pm, Foster will give a talk, “Spiritual Awareness and the Shadow.” Foster will…...

4+ day, 19+ hour ago   (173+ words) The Aquinnah library signage is surely brightening up our town these days. Thank you to the staff for keeping that little building humming. It’s like a heartbeat for us all. A brief note about editors. The relationship between columnists and…...

4+ day, 19+ hour ago   (406+ words) The fields of biodiversity, conservation, and climate crisis require diverse voices, experiences, and solutions. Yet in an article published in the journal “Nature” listing “100 articles that every ecologist should read,” 97 were written by men, and three were written by women....

5+ day, 16+ hour ago   (281+ words) Another home that belonged to a creator of childhood memories has been sold to new owners. The Edgartown home of Norman Bridwell, the creator of the beloved children’s book series “Clifford the Big Red Dog,” was sold to an Ohio-based…...

5+ day, 19+ hour ago   (175+ words) The co-founders of Darkness into Vineyard Light, John Murray and Maria Ventura, have made the difficult decision that this year’s 9th annual Darkness into Vineyard Light Suicide Prevention and Awareness Walk will be their final event. On September 19, the community is…...