Oak Bluffs News

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.

From a Friday night concert with rapper Big Daddy Kane and R&B performer Joe to a Sunday jazz and gospel brunch, African American music is the theme for a new festival recently announced for August 9-11. The Martha's Vineyard Summer Madness Music Festival and Conference will feature "all genres of African American music and the business of making ... (more)

Have you ever dreamed of living among the campground cottages in Oak Bluffs? Here's a chance to make one of them yours: Sandpiper Realty last week listed a 1906 bungalow for sale at $444,000. Three bedrooms Two bathrooms 1,356 square feet Built in 1906 Central heat and air conditioning Corner location Click the highlighted address to see photos and ... (more)

Did he jump? Did he fall? Or was he pushed? Oak Bluffs police got a "garbled" account from Nelson Ferreira, 40, after they pulled him from the harbor early Thursday morning, according to Island newspapers.

Oak Bluffs harbor was dark early Thursday morning when a Tisbury police officer plunged into the frigid water to help save a man struggling to keep afloat.

Choose from hot and cold selections, a raw bar, carving station, omelet station and desserts.

In this photo taken on the first day of the 2012 school year, new West Tisbury School cafeteria director Jenny Devivo served up the day's meal with a big smile.

A 20-year-old Martha's Vineyard woman was killed when the vehicle she was driving collided with a delivery truck Tuesday night.

An early-morning call drew Oak Bluffs police to the harbor this morning, according to a post on the police department's Facebook page: On Thursday, May 9, 2013, at approximately 4:30 AM, Oak Bluffs Police Officers were dispatched to the Oak Bluffs Harbor for a report of a male screaming for help.

Springtime is spruce-up time also. The sound of saws, hammering, and lawn equipment echoes throughout many neighborhoods, but isn't everything starting to look great? Even most of the paving has been completed, so traveling down the street is no longer a bumping swerving adventure.

IGI treasurer Steve Bernier ,Thimble Farm manager Keith Wilda, and IGI board president Sarah McKay explained plans for the greenhouse at a luncheon Wednesday.

Sixteen months after his appointment in December 2011, Oak Bluffs building inspector Jim Dunn has completed only one of five tests required for certification as a municipal inspector of buildings, according to a spokesman for the Massachusetts Department of Public Safety.