Martha's Vineyard Maia Coleman

For Father Nagle, a Life of Service Provides the Best View

Maia Coleman | Thursday, August 12 2021 - 6:23pm

There’s almost nothing traditional about the Rev. Michael Nagle. He sky dives. He flies bi-planes. He rides a motorcycle. He says mass in Portuguese as well as English. But his path to the priesthood was strictly traditional.

Good Shepherd Parish

Oak Bluffs Backs Off Approval for Concert Series on the Harbor

Maia Coleman

After hearing concerns from abutters, the Oak Bluffs select board indefinitely delayed plans for an outdoor concert series on the Oak Bluffs harbor at a brief meeting Monday.

Agricultural Fair Poster Honors Memory of Emma Hall

Maia Coleman

The Martha’s Vineyard Agricultural Society has unveiled the winning poster for the fair this summer honoring Emma Hall, a longtime fair volunteer who died this winter in a motor vehicle accident.

MVC Approves High School Athletic Fields Plan 10-6

Maia Coleman

The Martha’s Vineyard Commission voted 10-6 to approve the regional high school athletic field project at a dramatic meeting Thursday night, capping a long-running and often acrimonious debate over synthetic turf fields.

Oak Bluffs Gets Worked Up About For-Profit Workouts

Maia Coleman

Yoga in the park. Boot camp by the bandstand. At a select board meeting, Oak Bluffs park commissioner Amy Billings described an overabundance of businesses in public parks.

Tisbury Approves $55 Million School Project by a Landslide Article updated

Maia Coleman

Tisbury voters finally said yes to a new school at their annual town election Tuesday, approving a $55 million renovation plan by a landslide and capping years of debate and anguish.

High School Will Try Again to Enter MSBA Program

Maia Coleman

The Martha’s Vineyard regional high school district committee voted Monday to apply for a sixth time to the Massachusetts School Building Authority (MSBA) grant program.