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Updated The Vineyard was not spared from the nationwide cell service disruption on Thursday, but the impact it received seems to have been on the lower end.  It is uncertain how many on-Island customers have been impacted by the disruption, but a number of people on the local social media page Islanders Talk said they […]

To the Editor: David and I want to thank the Island community for their outpouring of sympathy and love shown after the loss of our Gordon setter, Cooper. His brother, Chester, left us back in July 2022. Collectively, they were known as the “Goofy” Gordons, and I had been sharing their antics on Facebook and […]

“This is a story about making a film on Martha’s Vineyard when technology was crude,” says David Bigelow, producer-director and Jaws researcher. “This story is about the Islanders.”  Following in the footsteps of Spielberg’s 1975 film “Jaws,” Bigelow hopes to enlist as many Islanders as possible to work on the production for his documentary “Making […]

Steamship Authority Port Council gave a tougher assessment of Steamship Authority general manager Robert Davis this week compared to previous years.  While some members rated the general manager a rating over 90 out of 100, several criticized the Steamship’s performance and rated Davis in the 70s.  Last year, Davis received an overall high grading of […]

Lori Ann Robinson Fisher, 63, passed away on April 15 at home with her family by her side. Lori was born on Oct. 21, 1959, at Martha’s Vineyard Hospital. She attended Tisbury School and Martha’s Vineyard Regional High School, where she met her soulmate of 49 years and husband of 47 years, Francis (“Sandy”) Fisher […]

  A small brown poodle is the first to welcome visitors at the Fisher family home in Edgartown. Bugsy, or “Nugget,” joined the family in fall of last year, serving as a loyal companion to the late Lori Robinson-Fisher since her cancer diagnosis in October.  Much like Lori’s husband Francis “Sandy” Fisher, their daughter Leanna […]

Finding Leo, a small Bali terrier mix who went missing for two weeks through frigid cold and the rising peril of coyotes, was an epic journey that traces from Indonesia to Chilmark, and it all came to a conclusion Saturday with even some of the most skeptical of Islanders wondering if perhaps they do believe […]

Updated 5:55 pm Samanta “Sammi” Morgnerova, the teen who was hit and injured by a vehicle accident at Weeks Lane in Edgartown a couple of weeks ago, is making steady progress in her recovery. “Sammi is home and healing. She has a bit of a road ahead of her, but is home,” Darren Mancha, Samanta’s […]

Recently there have been a flurry of posts about the old Islander steamship on the social media Facebook site Islanders Talk. Apparently there was nothing in particular to spark the posts, just a random comment that set off an avalanche of remembrances, simply because of the fact that people really had a soft spot for […]

An unexpected guest in Vineyard Haven Harbor caused a stir for Islanders on Veterans Day.  A shark was spotted swimming in Vineyard Haven Harbor waters. A video posted by Jenn on Islanders Talk, which showed the shark thrashing near shore, attracted shark watchers to Lagoon Pond Bridge, leading to more people arriving to see what […]