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Plans are in motion to replace a plaque reported stolen from the Martha’s Vineyard African-American Heritage Trail earlier this month, thanks to an anonymous Chilmark resident who covered the $1,000 cost. The missing plaque at Great Rock Bight Preserve honored Rebecca Amos, a formerly enslaved woman who died there on land that she owned. The […]
Officials with the African American Heritage Trail of Martha’s Vineyard are reporting that a plaque commemorating an enslaved woman has been stolen from Great Rock Bight Preserve in Chilmark. Trail co-founder Elaine Weintraub notified Chilmark police of the incident on Wednesday, April 3. Weintraub says that the group is still deciding how to respond, though […]
Island artist and conservationist Rez Williams, whom some described as an Island treasure, passed away recently at 81 years of age. Williams grew up on Long Island, N.Y. He graduated from Union College with a degree in philosophy, and later earned a MFA from New York University. He taught drawing and art history at Fairleigh […]
‘It takes a village” might sound a little clichéd, but it’s what comes to mind when learning about the Martha’s Vineyard Public Charter School (MVPCS) mentorship program. Twenty-two ninth- and tenth-grade students work one-on-one with mentors for two hours every Wednesday. The program stalled when COVID hit, but Peter Steedman, MVPCS director, says, “Now it’s […]
At 3:45 am on Friday, Jan. 18, 1884, the 275-foot steamer City of Columbus, bound for Savannah from Boston, struck Devil’s Bridge off Gay Head, and sank beside the treacherous rocks. Despite the heroic labors of local residents — mostly Wampanoag fishermen willing to brave the bitter, dangerous winter surf — more than a hundred […]