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Masks mandatory in downtown O.B.
Updated 3:20 pm Headed to Nancy’s? On your way to Mocha Mott’s? Then you better have a mask on. On Thursday, the Oak Bluffs board of health approved a new regulation requiring mandatory mask use in ... Read full article
County takes stand on mask wearing
The Dukes County Commission is drafting a resolution to be sent to all Island towns suggesting mandatory fines be enforced for folks not wearing masks. Commissioner Christine Todd, who is also ... Read full article
Star Propane shines at airport business park
Heath Estrella is looking to provide unparalleled service to the Vineyard community and continue his grandfather’s legacy with his new propane company, Star Propane. The new company, which is located ... Read full article
Trustees honor frontline workers
The Trustees of Reservations, which has several properties on the Island, announced it will honor frontline workers by offering them free admission to most of its 119 properties once a month, starting ... Read full article
Pinning their hopes of suffrage
On July 19, 1915, Suffrage Blue Bird Day, approximately 100,000 colorful, tin 12- by 4-inch blue birds were pinned up on display around the state by the Women’s Suffrage Association, in an effort to ... Read full article
Winning week for Holmes Hole
Another perfect Thursday evening race and a spanking Sunday breeze gave Holmes Hole sailors two more memorable outings. Fourteen sailors turned out on Thursday, along with a serviceable wind that ... Read full article
Station Menemsha helps search for lost boater
On Tuesday Station Menemsha deployed a motor lifeboat after Dartmouth Police reported an overdue boater. “This man was in a 18′ Carolina Skiff and was supposed to be back by [8am], but as time ... Read full article
M.V.’s mixed mask messages
Across Massachusetts, COVID-19 numbers have plunged from their March and April highs, but a recent uptick of nine confirmed cases on the Island, surging cases across the country, and two more months ... Read full article
Poult in peril rescued
A baby turkey had a close call on Sunday. Disaster might have struck, if not for the intervention of some heroic passersby. While driving in Vineyard Haven on Edgartown–Vineyard Haven Road on their ... Read full article
Courthouse reopens, officials finally sworn in
The Dukes County Courthouse reopened Monday for limited service, after closing in March due to the novel coronavirus pandemic. However, most court business remains digital, including district court ... Read full article