Latest News
Red House finds new location
After months of uncertainty about the future of the Island’s only substance-use recovery center, the Red House has found a new home. It was announced on Wednesday that the Red House Peer Recovery Support Center, which has become an established space for healing on the Island for locals suffering from substance use and addiction, will…
Over 350 chickens euthanized for bird flu
A large flock of chickens were killed by state authorities at a farm in Katama after contracting highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI), more commonly known as bird flu. This is the largest case on the Island in recent years. The spread of the viral infection among the local chicken flock was discovered around the holidays…
Food security & health
Mikado cleared to open again after health board closure
A popular Asian restaurant on Main Street in Vineyard Haven was temporarily closed for unsafe food-handling practices last week, but was cleared to open again on Friday. The Tisbury Board of Health penalized Mikado Asian Bistro and cited several public health concerns, including that soup and rice were left out…
Farm to folding table
As a golden sun illuminated the orange falling leaves, local farmers set up buckets of grocery items — from broccoli, squash and frozen meat to smoked sea salts and pasta — for Islanders to pick up at no cost. What began as an immediate response to Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program…
With food-assistance cuts, businesses and farms go to work
Under cloudy skies on Monday afternoon, Meg Athearn of Morning Glory Farm laid out a last-minute free farmer’s market on a folding table outside the Agricultural Hall. As she processed a basket of onions on the porch, cars pulled around the circular driveway to pick up some of the fresh…
Something went wrong. Please refresh the page and/or try again.
Martha’s Vineyard Hospital
Something went wrong. Please refresh the page and/or try again.
Ticks & Tick-Borne Conditions
Something went wrong. Please refresh the page and/or try again.
Got a tip?
Contact housing and education reporter Sarah Shaw Dawson
Subscribe to The Minute
Stay up to the minute every day on MV news with the Minute newsletter.
Give today
The Martha’s Vineyard Times is an independently owned, weekly, community newspaper, published by The MV Times News Corp. on the island of Martha’s Vineyard.