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Three people armed with handguns entered the bank, tied up bank employees and fled in a stolen vehicle, according to reports.

Updated 4:30 pm  Rockland Trust in Vineyard Haven was robbed at gunpoint Thursday morning, Tisbury and State Police told The Times. Three people robbed the bank, Tisbury Police Chief Chris Habekost said. They were carrying handguns and wore hooded sweatshirts and “Halloween masks,” he said. Massachusetts State Police Trooper Dustin Shaw, who is assigned to […]

Three people armed with handguns entered the bank, tied up bank employees and fled in a stolen vehicle, according to reports.

On Saturday, November 5, Richard James DeWitt, a beloved husband, father, and grandfather passed away unexpectedly. He was born to James and Gwendolyn DeWitt in Canandaigua, NY on October 4, 1954. Rich spent his childhood in Needham, MA and graduated from Needham High School in 1973. After high school, he attended Plymouth State University in […]

The runners of Martha’s Vineyard Regional High School’s (MVRHS) cross-country team competed during the Martha’s Vineyard Invitational meet on Saturday, Sept. 10, through the Manuel F. Correllus State Forest.  “We had a good day,” MVRHS cross-country Head Coach Joe Schroeder said. “We had a great turnout for the invite. There were 20 schools there, and […]

The Martha’s Vineyard Land Bank Commission voted 4-0 to sign a release deed with the commonwealth for Doug’s Cove Preserve but declined payment for it. Commission vice chair and commonwealth representative Wesley Motts abstained.  Land Bank executive director James Lengyel told the commission a bike path is being constructed on Beach Road, a part of […]

A prescribed burn is planned for Monday in the Manuel F. Correllus State Forest, according to an alert sent out by the Town of Edgartown. The burn is planned near Martha’s Vineyard Regional High School and Sanderson Ave., according to the text message. “Don’t be alarmed if you/smell smoke in that area.”  

State Rep. Dylan Fernandes, D-Falmouth, visited Harbor Homes of Martha’s Vineyard’s 111 New York Ave. property to present a giant $300,000 check from American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) funds for the nonprofit.  New York Ave. House is a program designed to shelter women and to reintegrate residents back into the Island community. To support this […]

Mountain biking on Martha’s Vineyard has exploded over the past two years. It partially had to do with COVID forcing folks to find enjoyable activities they could take part in on their own or with the people in their circle, things we could enjoy apart from others. This brought Islanders out onto the trails and […]

Tom Pallas, a frequent user of Island bike paths who refers to himself as Spokémon, sees a lot of room for improvement on the Island’s bike paths. In particular, Pallas said Head of the Pond Road in Oak Bluffs is the worst intersection connecting to Edgartown–Vineyard Haven Road, which is a road he rides along […]