Noah Asimow
Due to rising cases of Covid-19 connected to indoor ice hockey, Governor Baker has ordered all indoor ice arenas and skating facilities to cease operations for the next two weeks.
As early voting begins at a steady clip across the Island, the race for nine elected seats on the Martha’s Vineyard Commission tops local electoral matters on the ballot this year.
The state Department of Public Health reported nearly 1,000 new coronavirus cases on Thursday, their highest number in months despite Island health agents reporting no new cases of the virus on the Vineyard.
A back-of-the-ballot sleeper question that will decide whether to change the Dukes county treasurer from an elected to appointed position has turned into a surprise political fight.
Ms. Edmundson is the first Vineyarder on the influential nine-member commission in at least 40 years and its only current female member.
With flu shot supply still limited on the Vineyard, the Martha’s Vineyard Hospital announced on Wednesday that an Islandwide flu clinic would be held on Nov. 7 at the regional high school.