Community
The Martha’s Vineyard Hebrew Center and the Martha’s Vineyard chapter of the NAACP will host a Martin Luther King service on Friday, Jan. 17 at 5:30 p.m.
Gannon and Benjamin Marine Railway opened its doors Saturday for some shop talk, giving experienced boatbuilders and curious neighbors a glimpse of the historic boatyard.
Six nights and one afternoon a week from January through March, churches around Martha’s Vineyard welcome everyone to take a seat and enjoy a free community supper or lunch.
Capt. Everett (Porky) Francis, a familiar figure on the Edgartown waterfront where he had fished nearly all his life, died Saturday after a long illness.
Birders from near and far fanned out across Martha’s Vineyard Saturday for the 60th annual Christmas Bird Count. At the end of the day, some 60 birders hung their rain jackets at the Wakeman Center in Vineyard Haven to analyze the data.
Perpetuating tradition, a hardy band of Islanders dove head first into the ocean at Long Point Wildlife Refuge on New Year’s Day for the annual plunge.