Oak Bluffs News

Memorial Day weekend is here, and although we have been lucky in recent years with great weather, it looks like it's going to be a rainy one this year.

Memorial Day marks the official beginning of summer for Martha's Vineyard seasonal residents and visitors, with local businesses and attractions opening their doors wide in welcome.

For Island businesses and contractors, this is a pivotal time of year - crunch time, you could call it.

On the morning of May 22, Charlotte Holloman packed up a few items, helped her 91-year-old mother into the car and drove away from their home at the edge of Lagoon Pond for what could be the last time.

West Tisbury lost two of its most notable gentlemen last week with the deaths of Jim Alley and Jack Howland.

Michelle Obama and daughters Sasha and Malia are looking at an extended vacation on Martha's Vineyard this summer, according to a report in The Boston Globe .

The piece on the left, taken from the deck of the Payettes' home on Lake Tashmoo last year, was recovered.

The Island's official start of summer is Memorial Day, and we are so looking forward to the great weather that is being predicted.

Moviegoers in Oak Bluffs may be out of luck this summer. The Island Theater is undergoing major repairs, and the Strand Theater's availability as a backup is uncertain, according to owner Benjamin Hall Sr.

Beth Serusa's soapmaking business is doing so well that she's expanding to a second Oak Bluffs location to sell her handmade, Island-themed soaps, lotioons and fragrances.

Screaming while driving may not be an offense under the law, but it led to a string of charges for a 28-year-old Edgartown resident arrested Saturday night, according to documents filed in Edgartown District Court.

The Sweet Life Cafe in Oak Bluffs will open its doors this Friday, May 24, under new ownership.

Money to help pay for replacing courthouse windows and two bylaws relating to the new medical marijuana law top a special town meeting warrant in West Tisbury tonight.

It was a busy weekend for the Oak Bluffs bar scene with the opening of the Sand Bar on the harbor and the Island Bar and Grill on Circuit Avenue.

Oak Bluffs police are taking their unclaimed-property auctions online, according to a Wednesday update on the police department's Facebook page: "The Oak Bluffs Police Department has contracted with www.propertyroom.com , an online auction company, to sell unclaimed items that have been in our storage room for over one year.

Not Your Sugar Mamas recently opened up their second store, this one located on Winter Street in Edgartown.

Rising sea levels will affect Martha's Vineyard "within the lifetimes of kindergartners who are living on the Vineyard today," says Phil Henderson of the Vineyard Conservation Society.

On May 27, 1957, Richard was born to Virginia Quitadamo and the late Ralph Quitadamo.

Around 4 a.m., Tisbury police responded to a call of a man in the harbor "screaming for help and yelling he's going to die," according to a report by Tisbury police Officer Jason Marathas.

Thirty years after it was created, the Community Solar Greenhouse of Martha's Vineyard in Oak Bluffs is blooming with greenery and flowers, buzzing with activity and enthusiasm, and opening its doors wider than ever to welcome visitors, customers, and new members.