Alex Elvin
The discovery of hundreds of lone star tick larvae on Chappaquiddick this summer confirms that the southern species is now breeding on the Vineyard, Island biologist Richard Johnson said.
On summer weekends, the Right Fork Diner at the edge of Katama airfield is a small circus, with kids, music, food and a chance to see the Island from the seat of a classic biplane.
Responding to oversights in a major expansion project that broke ground eight years ago, the Martha’s Vineyard Hospital is taking steps to restore public access to Windemere Road. The road issue has been a longstanding sore point with neighbors.
All the saltwater ponds on the Vineyard are impaired to some degree, and each one faces a unique set of conditions. Public interest has reached a tipping point.
On Saturday evening, a yellow banner hung from a picket fence out on Starbuck’s Neck. As people strolled by, between the Edgartown Lighthouse and downtown, some noticed the words Amnesty International and the simple outline of a candle encircled by barbed wire — a widely recognized symbol of hope in the face of human rights abuses.
Mariners, the U.S. Coast Guard and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration are updating their charts to account for the light’s relocation away from the eroding cliffs.