Michael Stoto News Today

During the pre-Omicron phases of the COVID-19 pandemic, regions of the U.S. had markedly different mortality rates, primarily due to differences in mask use, school attendance, social distancing, and other behaviors.

The Island boards of health lifted the Island’s indoor mask mandate, following a vote from each board during a joint meeting Wednesday, but businesses will still have a choice to enact their own mask requirements. The suspension went into effect immediately, following separate votes from each Island board of health during a Zoom meeting that […]

An all-Island board of health meeting was held on Friday to decide on whether to lift the COVID-19 indoor mask mandates on Martha’s Vineyard. In a unanimous decision, the boards approved keeping the mask mandates in place until January and reassessing at that time.  Gerald Green, an Aquinnah board of health member, said Aquinnah already […]

Flags flying outside two homes in the Terryville section of Plymouth proclaim in stark -- and some have complained, vulgar and inappropriate language -- the residents’ rejection of the November election results.