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To the Editor: The Oak Bluffs Association would like to thank all the individuals and businesses who helped make Light Up Oak Bluffs so special and memorable. We would like to publicly thank our sponsors, Friends of Oak Bluffs and Martha’s Vineyard Bank, for helping finance the event. Also, the boots on the ground, like […]

Roughly a year since the Oak Bluffs select board voted to adopt a new flag policy, the discussion regarding raising non-federal flags on town property resurfaced. After a few failed attempts to amend the flag policy to enhance inclusivity, select board member Emma Green-Beach shared the newest version of alternative policy at Tuesday’s board meeting, […]

Oak Bluffs is gearing up for the second annual Pride Parade, set for Saturday, June 10, from 2 to 6 pm.  Last year, hundreds of Islanders gathered en masse for the first-ever Pride Parade held on Martha’s Vineyard. LGBTQ community members and allies alike made their way through Oak Bluffs before convening around Ocean Park’s […]

To the Editor: The Oak Bluffs Association wants to send out a huge “thank you” to all the people, families, businesses, and members of the OBA who made “Light Up Oak Bluffs” so special this year. Truly a great time was had by all, we couldn’t have had more fun. Special thanks to Brian Weiland, […]

A press release issued by the Oak Bluffs Business Association on Friday announced its plans for the Island’s 2023 Pride Weekend, after securing its first donation. The OBA, particularly the organization’s vice president, Sofie Green, who also serves as the Pride chair, was extolled by Boston Pride for her work regarding June’s LGBTQ+ Pride Parade […]

The first official pride parade on Martha’s Vineyard pulled in Islanders en masse on a warm, blue skied Saturday in Oak Bluffs.  Hundreds gathered street side as paraders commenced through the town. Festivities began at the dock of the Island Queen ferry on Oak Bluffs Harbor. The parade was met with cheers as onlookers watched […]

Oak Bluffs’ first official Pride Weekend, hosted by the Oak Bluffs Business Association in collaboration with the NAACP Martha’s Vineyard Branch, is set to kick off June 10. Ahead of the celebration, a ceremony is scheduled for Wednesday, June 1, to raise the Progress Pride flag at Ocean Park at 6 pm.  The Pride weekend […]

Progress pride flag will fly in Oak Bluffs June 1-14, in agreement with NAACP and Select Board. A Select Board flag policy is still to be decided.

On Monday, Oak Bluffs Parks Commission voted 2-1 to allow an LGBTQ+ Pride Flag Raising Ceremony at  Ocean Park on Wednesday, June 1, the first day of National Pride Month. The specifics of the actual flag raising are contingent on Tuesday’s select board decision whether to allow the Progress Pride flag to be raised on […]