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One of the best ways to celebrate Thanksgiving has always been, well, to give thanks. Chef Deon Thomas, who has a fairly famous kitchen inside the VFW in Oak Bluffs, has taken the November holiday a step further and in his attempt to give back, has fed roasted (and fried and barbecue and jerk) turkey […]
Last fall, after the summer hubbub quieted down, another whirlwind hit the Island community. While the world might have been generally aware of the news, Circuit Film’s original short documentary, “Waiting to Continue: The Venezuelan Asylum Seekers on Martha’s Vineyard” gives us a behind-the-scenes story about the 48 Venezuelan migrants who were flown here from […]
Islanders rang out a message to state legislators on Thursday: legislation to create the Martha’s Vineyard Housing Bank must advance to secure the community’s future. Activists from both Martha’s Vineyard and Nantucket joined together for the “Martha Goes to Beacon Hill” event, organized by the Coalition to Create the Martha’s Vineyard Housing Bank, to push […]
In a joint service Thursday evening, leaders and members from St. Andrew’s Episcopal Church, West Tisbury’s First Congregational Church, Tisbury’s Unitarian Universalist Church, and Grace Episcopal Church, in Edgartown to reflect on last week’s unexpected arrival of nearly 50 Venezuelan migrants. Among the approximately 50 people gathered Thursday were state Sen. Julian Cyr, D-Truro, and […]
Despite remaining gray for most of the day last Monday, our rainfall amounted to barely a drop-and-a-half. I went out the next morning and dug my hand into the soil; it was still dusty and dry. We are definitely in a drought. I have wondered if this might be the true hell we may be […]