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Oak Bluffs School principal Dr. Megan Farrell announced that she will be retiring at the end of the summer. Farrell — who has been with the school as an educator for 22 years, nine of which as the head of the school — said in a letter announcing her retirement that she will be exploring […]

Do you value living in a neighborhood where you enjoy the peace of mind that your home, your backyard, and your neighborhood will be free of noise, lights, dust, heavy trucks, and fumes? When you bought your home, did you have an expectation that the property next door would always be another home, a farm […]

The annual town meeting season is upon the Vineyard, and there are three towns that will be congregating townspeople to cast their votes.  Edgartown, Oak Bluffs, and West Tisbury will all be holding their annual town meetings on Tuesday, April 9.  Each town will be dealing with warrant articles that can bring changes to their […]

Oak Bluff voters going to the polls for the annual town election on April 11 will notice one prominent official absent: Ewell Hopkins, longtime planning board chair, is not seeking re-election. Hopkins, who has been an outspoken critic of the artificial turf field proposed for the Martha’s Vineyard Regional High School, served two terms on […]

A summertime Oak Bluffs taqueria is moving and expanding. Midnight Taco, a takeout place located at 6 Circuit Avenue Extension, will be moving to 7 Circuit Avenue Extension to become a sit-down restaurant capable of seating 49 people.  According to restaurant operator Jordan Wallace, the restaurant would be open from 8 am to 1 am. […]

Cord Jefferson won at the Oscars on Sunday, taking home the award for Best Adapted Screenplay for American Fiction. Based on the novel Erasure by Percival Everett, the film straddled the line between drama and satire to depict social commentary on microaggression and pigeonholing of Black creatives in the publishing and film industry. To tell …

Director Cord Jefferson speaks backstage at the Oscars to talk about the importance of his American Fiction Adapted Screenplay win

To the Editor: Once again, our Island community, both near and far, wrapped its collective arms around Red Stocking 2023, our 85th year! The words “thank you” do not even begin to express the gratitude we feel for all of you who supported us this past year. For 2023, we were able to make the […]

Oak Bluffs residents, alongside some from Tisbury, pushed back against a set of zoning amendments presented by the Oak Bluffs planning board.  Among various zoning amendments that may be headed to Oak Bluffs’ annual town meeting on April 9 — including a bylaw to limit fractional ownership in the town and other potential changes related […]

A 32-year-old woman faces an impaired driving charge after police say she caused a three-vehicle crash on Highway 3 south of Winnipeg on Monday evening.