Martha's Vineyard Latest News
Everyday Heroes: Warren Holmberg, pharmacist/owner of Leslie’s Drug
As pharmacist and owner at Leslie’s Drug, Warren Holmberg is serving a vital role. These days this Everyday Hero stays busy fulfilling prescriptions for the Island community, including the ... Read full article
COVID-19 cases hit 30
The Martha’s Vineyard Boards of Health reported one new confirmed positive case of COVID-19, bringing the Island’s total to 30. On Friday, in a new breakdown of Island data, the boards of health ... Read full article
Vineyard tests for all coming; tracing to begin
Updated 12:05 pm, Saturday to include contact tracing information Modeled after drive-through influenza clinic plans Vineyard boards of health have kept at the ready, a drive-through COVID-19 clinic ... Read full article
Vineyard tests for everybody coming
Updated 12:05 pm, Saturday to include contact tracing information Modeled after drive-through influenza clinic plans Vineyard boards of health have kept at the ready, a drive-through COVID-19 clinic ... Read full article
Inmate crews to clean up Oak Bluffs
A group of inmates supervised by Dukes County Sheriff’s deputies will be cleaning up trash in Oak Bluffs this weekend from 10 am to 2 pm. Crews will be working to clean up trash from the town’s ... Read full article
Unemployment decimates Dukes County
Dukes County is continuing to see a massive increase in initial unemployment claims filed since the start of the virus surge in March, according to the Massachusetts Executive Office of Labor and ... Read full article
Pepsi truck crashes in Vineyard Haven
–Updated @ 1:15 A Pepsi box truck struck a utility pole and then careened into the woods, shearing off the right side of the truck and dumping some of its contents — water bottles and soda cans — in ... Read full article
Miss Jenna runs aground on Lobsterville Beach
Updated @ 2:45 The Vineyard fishing vessel Miss Jenna ran aground on Lobsterville Beach at 11:30 pm, according to the U.S Coast Guard. At 12:30 am the vessel was still stuck in the sand about 20 feet ... Read full article
Vineyard to get up to 15,000 COVID tests
Updated May 15 Thousands of COVID-19 tests are coming to the Vineyard, according to West Tisbury Health Agent Omar Johnson and Edgartown selectman Michael Donaroma. “Quest Diagnostics will be ... Read full article
Dining at a distance
Doug Smith of Lucky Hank’s was a fan of outdoor dining even before a pandemic made it something the town of Edgartown is looking to encourage. Since opening on Upper Main Street in 2012, Lucky Hank’s ... Read full article