James Moreis News Today

  This weekend, Islanders gathered to celebrate the third annual Indigenous Peoples’ Day on Noepe event at Felix Neck Wildlife Sanctuary hosted by Sassafras Earth Education.  The afternoon offered Islanders an opportunity to gather on the sanctuary grounds — named after Wampanoag Tribe of Gay Head (Aquinnah) citizen Felix Kuttashamaquat — to honor the Indigenous […]

“Penny Lane, there is a barber showing photographs of every head he’s had the pleasure to know, and all the people that come and go, stop and say, ‘Hello’.” We all know that tune. It’s a happy one (typical Paul McCartney sunshiney optimism and nostalgia about a jolly barber in Liverpool named Mr. Bioletti who […]

The tribe is determined to protect its homelands on Martha’s Vineyard from the impacts of climate change.

More than 100 volunteers hand-planted 20,000 stems of beach grass along an 800-foot stretch of Lobsterville Beach last week. By using this all-natural defense against erosion, the Aquinnah Wampanoag Tribe hopes to protect its homelands on Martha’s Vineyard from the impacts of climate change.

More than 100 volunteers hand-planted 20,000 stems of beach grass along an 800-foot stretch of Lobsterville Beach last week. By using this all-natural defense against erosion, the Aquinnah Wampanoag Tribe hopes to protect its homelands on Martha’s Vineyard from the impacts of climate change.

The Marthas Vineyard Times Oak Bluffs: P.A. Club chicken dinner — Shelby Regan Seems like April Fool’s Day was a bit late as we got our surprise flurries of snow last week instead of April 1. But it lasted just long enough to look pretty and only encourage the flowers to bloom longer and the birds seemed to love it. Now we are really ready for more sun and warm days. Congratulations to the two winners of our town election on Thursday for the select board. Jason Balboni, who was ...

The Marthas Vineyard Times Oak Bluffs cancels August fireworks again The Oak Bluffs fireworks have been canceled for the second year in a row. The Oak Bluffs fireworks, which are held in August, have been canceled for the second year in a row. The event, put on by the Oak Bluffs Firemen’s Civic Association, was set to be the 45th celebration, but association president James Moreis Jr. told The Times the uncertainty of the pandemic, lack of personnel, and financial issues contribut...