News
Danielle Ewart
Danielle Ewart of Edgartown graduated from Westfield State College this past spring with a bachelor of science degree in biology.
The Wampanoag Tribe of Gay Head (Aquinnah) has quietly developed a partnership with a successful Native American casino developer/operator, perhaps
For the casual fisherman, fishing the Martha’s Vineyard Striped Bass and Bluefish Derby is like going from sandlot baseball to the major leagues.
In the last year and a half, about 16 youths (people 19 years old or younger) were admitted to Martha's Vineyard Hospital for attempted suicide, according to hospital data recently acquired by the Gazette. In the year-and-a-half prior to that, seven youths were admitted for attempted suicide.
Of the 16 attempted suicides by youths in this past year and a half, 14 occurred between January and May of this year.
Students Honored
Three Vineyard students were named to honor lists for the fall semester at Franklin Pierce College in Rindge, N.H.
They are Eric Soikkeli and Kayla Mastromonaco of Vineyard Haven, who were named to the dean’s list, and Paige McCarthy of Vineyard Haven, who was named to the dean’s honors list.
In Oak Bluffs this week, great mounds of earth were being shifted, walls to turn back the sea were being built and beaches were being fortified and expanded.
And although there seemed to be something Biblical to it all, in reality all the moving of sand and building of walls was more routine then epic.
The construction crews at the tip of the North Bluff were working on a new seawall that is the first step in a larger plan to replace the bulkhead running from the parking lot to the Steamship Authority terminal.