From Hoof to Harness, Flying Horses Get Off-Season Tune-up

Four of the Flying Horses, all injured in service at their eponymous Oak Bluffs carousel, now sit in the woodworking shop of West Tisbury shipwright Myles Thurlow.

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One Last Spin on the Flying Horses Carousel

On Sunday evening, friends, family and co-workers celebrated Robin Meader's retirement after 35 years as manager of the Flying Horses.

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In Summer of Upheaval, Trust Announces Board Changes

Punctuating a summer of upheaval, the Vineyard Trust announced changes in board leadership, and said it had launched a search for a new executive director.

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Police Investigate Altered Applications From Vineyard Trust

State and local police are investigating discrepancies in public funding requests submitted by the Vineyard Trust for restoration and maintenance work on two landmark properties.

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Flying Horses Reopening Friday

The historic platform carousel in Oak Bluffs whirls again beginning this weekend, and daily once Island schools are out.

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Flying Horses Grounded for 2020

The Flying Horses carousel in Oak Bluffs will remain closed this season, to protect the historic carved horses from sanitizer damage.

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Catch the Brass Ring! Flying Horses Opens for the Season
Holly Pretsky

It was opening day at the Flying Horses Carousel and Helena Penn, age 11, called her three rides “awesome.”

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Oak Bluffs Landmark Slated for Possible Demolition

The Cottage City historic district commission this week took a first look at a plan to demolish and rebuild a dilapidated building that abuts the landmark Flying Horses Carousel.

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Flying Horses Gallops to the Rescue of Spring
Holly Pretsky

The Flying Horses carousel opened its 143rd season on Saturday, but inside the wooden structure, all those years seemed to blend together.

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Preservation Society Launches Effort to Buy Flying Horses
Vineyard Gazette
The Martha’s Vineyard Historical Preservation Society Inc. this week formally announced the launching of its campaign to raise $740,000 by Dec. 8 to purchase the land, building and business of the historic Oak Bluffs carousel, the Flying Horses.
 
As part of its agreement with the present owner of the carousel, James Ryan of Osterville, the society has managed the Flying Horses since its opening on the Memorial Day weekend. It is open seven days a week, from 10 a.m. to 10 p.m.
 
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