Oak Bluffs News

The day trippers land at Vineyard Haven but visitors say the real charms of Martha's Vineyard - an island of 87.48 square miles off the north-east coast of the US - lie in places such as Edgartown, where Paul McCartney keeps a home, with its elegant whaling captains' houses and craggy inns.

Hooray for the sun, which brought flowers to bloom and smiles to faces after the endless days of rain.

Share + Jul 4, 2009 4:32 pm US/Eastern Massachusetts is working to protect its 1,500 miles of coastline a ' both on and off shore a ' by battling erosion and shielding vulnerable ecosystems.

Daniel A. Cohen, Nyack, NY; DOB 3/20/65, speeding in violation of special regulation: responsible, must pay $170 fine; a second charge of speeding in violation of special regulation: not responsible; operating motor vehicle with suspended license: dismissed.

Martha's Vineyard is America's classiest summer playground and has been a favourite with Democratic presidents stretching from Kennedy to Clinton.

That's how long it took to find Beryl Frey on Wednesday, June 24, thanks to a remarkable program that uses electronic gadgetry to find missing people.

The Oak Bluffs selectmen will participate in the Fourth of July parade in Edgartown this year in pedi-cabs, a first.

Matt Corron pedals past Circuit avenue with Paul Buckley and Barry MacDonald. What's yellow, on wheels, and found carting paying passengers all over Oak Bluffs? The answer is a new, open-air way to tour the Island's pastel-painted town or bar hop along Circuit avenue: Vineyard Pedicab.

It's the meal that pleases everyone. Eat light or heavy, early or late - brunch is catered to each individual's preference, no matter how large your party is.

Circuit Avenue will miss its feathered friend. A wandering domesticated goose that has been a frequent visitor on Circuit avenue in Oak Bluffs lately has been rescued and placed in a new home - at least for the time being - with Island naturalist Augustus Ben David 2nd at his World of Reptiles and Bird Park in Edgartown.

The Family Schools Nurturing and challenging children and their families on Cape Cod since 1980.

I am running out of different ways to describe the rainy weather. It just goes on and on, but I have to say the Nor'easter we are experiencing on this Monday, as I am writing this column, is something that we would really appreciate in late August when we are up to our necks in heat, humidity, and drought.

An undetermined amount of gasoline spilled near Oak Bluffs Harbor Friday, but went unreported until Monday, when strong fuel smells persisted in the area and inside a nearby restaurant.

Too often travel, instead of broadening the mind, merely broadens your waist. Offering a variety of camp programs and training to the youth soccer player.

The island called "the rock" by locals is a place like no other. And it has been able to maintain its small-town feel with a steadfast sense of community.

They began as religious revival camps, nothing more than a collection of tents. But more than a hundred years later, these communities tempt home buyers and renters with their historical charm, downsized lifestyle, and often affordable prices.

Mario Hernandez, age 30, was sentenced to serve 11 months in the Barnstable County House of Correction after pleading guilty yesterday to five separate assault charges against two children.

I guess I have lived long enough to know that family doesn't necessarily consist of a mother, father and two and a half children.

Mourners gather at site of crash next day. Speed was a factor and charges are expected against the 17-year-old driver in the single-car accident on Edgartown-West Tisbury Road that claimed the life of 18-year-old Jena Pothier of Oak Bluffs Thursday evening, police said yesterday.

Joanne K. Andrade, Oak Bluffs; DOB 10/9/76, possession of Class E drug : to be dismissed upon payment of $100 court cost.