Will Sennott
In 1938 a group of Island women came together to knit six red stockings, fill those stocking with gifts and distribute them to six families in need just in time for Christmas.
At a special election Wednesday, voters agreed 78-22 to exempt $440,000 from the provisions of Proposition 2 1/2.
A merry crowd kicked off the holiday season with plenty of good cheer at the annual Oak Bluffs tree lighting Wednesday night.
Oak Bluffs selectmen voted Tuesday to approve a tax rate of $7.44 per $1,000 of assessed valuation, a 3.25 per cent decrease.
The Martha’s Vineyard Regional High School district committee this week postponed a vote on the FY 2021 budget, amid concerns about the lack of a clear policy over how to pay for capital spending projects.
As part of a long-term grassroots effort, federal regulators recently passed legislation to protect dwindling Atlantic herring stocks.