Oak Bluffs News

They always come this time of year and they are seen everywhere. You know what they are, the annual fall invasion of the leaves.

The all-Island seasonal flu vaccination clinic, scheduled Wednesday, November 11, is limited to 1,200 doses that will be given on a first come, first served basis.

"Strong and lovely and pure," is how Mr. Crohan describes Ms. Mayhew's voice. He is a seasoned pianist with an Island legacy that echoes through the streets of Oak Bluffs, where he spent a 20-year run entertaining guests at David's Island House.

Heated arguments erupted at the Tisbury selectmen's meeting Tuesday between selectmen chairman Tristan Israel and two shellfishermen who complained of too much - and too little - enforcement of shellfish regulations, at the start-up of scallop season on Lagoon Pond last weekend.

This coming Wednesday, Nov. 11, please remember all veterans. You could attend the ceremonies in Oak Bluffs at Ocean Park or take the time to view the Avenue of Flags at the Vineyard Haven Cemetery.

Tuesday morning Nauset Construction crews used heavy equipment to demolish the Oak Bluffs Steamship Authority terminal building as part of the third phase of the terminal reconstruction project.

An analysis of harbor revenue from services to visiting boaters this summer reveals mixed results.

Of all the Martha's Vineyard tidal ponds, Sunset Lake, adjacent to Oak Bluffs Harbor, is one of the smallest, but like the others, it is vulnerable to circulation problems and eutrophication.

In 1964, The Beatles took America by storm with their first appearance on the Ed Sullivan Show.

Share + Oct 29, 2009 7:58 am US/Eastern OAK BLUFFS Martha's Vineyard Regional High School has canceled this weekend's football game and other athletic events after some members of the team and other students developed flu-like symptoms, some of which were later confirmed as swine flu.

The slowing down for winter has begun. Some of the stores in town have started to close for the winter, but I wanted to thank those stores who leave an attractive display in their windows even after they have closed.

On Saturday, Oct. 24, Ozias and Tereza Costa, pastors to members of the Island's Brazilian community, will leave the Vineyard after almost seven years.

Two Massachusetts hikers trapped by overflowing brooks fed by Saturday's heavy rain were helped out of the Pemigewasset Wilderness yesterday after friends notified authorities that they were overdue.

Lynn Fraker revs up for scallop season in Tisbury. Edgartown, Oak Bluffs, Vineyard Haven, Chilmark and Aquinnah are all looking forward to a good bay scallop season this fall.

After a very brief period of warmth and sun this summer, we were dropped abruptly into fall and now we are being squashed once again by rain and wind.

Oak Bluffs voters approved five of eight articles before them on the special town meeting warrant Tuesday evening, but not without a vigorous debate and several attempts to amend the proposals.

State officials are coming to Martha's Vineyard tomorrow to answer questions about the state's draft ocean management plan.

The rich, colorful paintings of artist Ken Vincent and the painted seascapes and landscapes of Ray Ellis capture almost reverent scenes on the Island, helping the viewer appreciate the essence of the Vineyard.

That the Tisbury selectmen, faced once again with bad dog problems in their community, would decide, once again, that there is nothing to be done about it other than to loose the problem on a neighboring Vineyard town is incomprehensible.

Our weather continues to bring us more sun than rain and along with this typical fall season, the town is crowded with visitors arriving daily to shop or just sightsee.