Brooke Kushwaha
A week after Venezuelan migrants first spent the night at St. Andrew’s Episcopal Church, over 40 volunteers gathered again Thursday evening. The meeting began with a candle lighting for each migrant who had been sheltered at the church.
State and Island officials, faith-based groups, nonprofit agencies and volunteers rallied quickly to accommodate 50 mostly Venezuelan migrants who arrived unexpectedly at Martha’s Vineyard Airport Wednesday, part of a coordinated political campaign to divert migrants from border states.
A humanitarian effort was underway Thursday on Martha's Vineyard to shelter and feed 50 migrants from Venezuela and Colombia who arrived unexpectedly by plane Wednesday afternoon. In a statement, Florida Gov. Ron Desantis claimed responsibility.
Rev. Janet Newton led her first service Sunday as the new minister at the the Unitarian Universalist Church with a sermon entitled Reclaiming What We Will Become: Community, Notre Dame and the Lessons of Fire.
The Martha’s Vineyard Film Society’s International Film Festival continues through Sunday. Friday evening features a host of award-winning short films.
The project will include raising the ferry’s ramp six inches and conducting engineering assessments of the Chappy Point parking lot, the Chappy Ferry landings and the abutting portions of Dock and Daggett streets.