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As part of Veterans Day activities held on the Island this weekend, the Martha’s Vineyard Film Center screened the film ‘Mending the Line’ on Sunday evening, and hosted a panel of local veterans.  The screening was held as a fundraiser for the Island Housing Trust, which is working on an affordable housing project for on-Island […]

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The latest business to arrive on Circuit Ave. is more than just a place to shop for beautiful and unique gifts. Owner Kahina Van Dyke hopes visitors to her new shop, Jubilee, will also take the time to check out a collection of historic Oak Bluffs photos hanging on the wall, and maybe even enjoy […]

Senators Ed Markey and Elizabeth Warren have requested federal funding to plan much-needed repairs for Vineyard Haven’s Beach Road seawall and Oak Bluffs’ jetties. Both sites need protection from coastal storms and sea level rise. In an October 13 letter to the Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works, the senators requested Water Resources Development […]

Oak Bluffs residents will be deciding next month whether some properties may be used for affordable housing.  Oak Bluffs will hold its Special Town Meeting on Tuesday, Nov. 7, at 7 pm at the Martha’s Vineyard Performing Arts Center. The Oak Bluffs Select Board recently approved the special town meeting warrant.  Atop the warrant, the […]

The Oak Bluffs planning board kicked off the first of several meetings to gather public input regarding potential zoning reforms on Monday evening. Topics discussed during the meeting included minimum lot sizes and permitted uses under different districts, mixed-use zoning, providing waivers for affordable housing, and bylaws surrounding short-term rentals and fractional ownership.  “We completed […]

In his Sept. 5 decision, Land Court Judge Kevin T. Smith interpreted the so-called Dover Amendment (G.L. c. 40A, § 3) to reject the town of Oak Bluffs’ attempt to protect the sole-source aquifer serving the Island. At issue before Judge Smith was whether the town’s water-protections bylaw required a special zoning permit before the […]

To the Editor: This week my partner and I made a presentation to the Oak Bluffs Select Board on our new organization, which is working with the Oak Bluffs parks commission to raise money to buy trees for volunteers to plant in Oak Bluffs’ parks. One of the select board members, Gail Barmakian, asked me, […]

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The Galaxy Gallery is a nonprofit art gallery in the Oak Bluffs Arts District that showcases a variety of paintings, pastels, prints, jewelry, woodcuts, and more. Every year the Galaxy opens its season with a Mother’s Day kids’ art show, and this year, they’re closing their season with a teachers art show, running Sept. 15 […]