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There is something magical about this time of year. The holidays, gathering with family and friends, extra focus on gratitude and blessings, making or buying gifts, baking and eating delicious food, and of course, harvesting from the sea. No season is perfect without a harvest from the sea. While bluefish, albies, bonito, and most of […]

At Tuesday’s Aquinnah Select Board meeting, town harbormaster and shellfish warden Chip Vanderhoop encouraged the hunting of Canada geese at Menemsha Pond to ease shellfishing closures.  Most of the pond’s shellfishing has been closed this summer due to coliform bacteria levels, contributed to by the resident goose population in the pond’s northwestern corner and parts […]

Barely making quorum at their Wednesday meeting, Dukes County Commissioners discussed the next steps in their search for a new county treasurer.  The full-time elected position, which touts a $100,000 capped annual salary plus benefits, has been vacant following the departure of former treasurer Ann Metcalf in July.  “We have interviewed a couple of candidates,” […]

On Monday, the Martha’s Vineyard Land Bank Commission delayed a decision on a lease with the Martha’s Vineyard Shellfish Group for a beach house on Chappy Point Beach in Edgartown.  This is an annual review of whether the Shellfish Group’s activities at the beach house align with the Land Bank’s goals and is serving the […]

The Marthas Vineyard Times Shellfish Group poised to govern shellfish hatchery A bill that will give greater control of the Hughs Hatchery to the Marthas Vineyard Shellfish Group awaits Gov. Bakers signature. — Rich Saltzberg A bill sponsored by state Rep. Dylan Fernandes, D-Falmouth, to provide greater autonomy to the Martha’s Vineyard Shellfish Group with a 15-year lease at the John T. Hughes Hatchery and Research Station in Oak Bluffs has passed the Massachusetts House and Se...

The Marthas Vineyard Times Hospital staff thanked with oyster giveaway Shellfish group and farmers provide 5,000 oysters for nurses, doctors, staff. Pam Harwood, right, receives a bag of 24 oysters from Jeremy Scheffer, left. — Brian Dowd In classic Martha’s Vineyard style, a group of oyster farmers and the Martha’s Vineyard Shellfish Group organized an oyster giveaway for Martha’s Vineyard Hospital employees Friday afternoon to give thanks for the hospital’s workers durin...