A candlelight vigil is planned for next Friday on the Vineyard as part of an effort to draw attention to the opioid epidemic for International Overdose Awareness Day.
At a discussion organized by the Advancement Project, panelists noted that the event fell on the fourth anniversary of the killing of Michael Brown, an unarmed African-American teenager fatally shot during a confrontation with a white police officer in Ferguson, Mo.
Contract talks between the company that hires drivers for the Vineyard Transit Authority and the union that represents them are set to begin next month.
An overflow crowd turned out Monday, August 13, to hear four accomplished African-American women, including former senior White House advisor Valerie Jarrett.
Hinckley’s Lumber, the landmark commercial property on Beach Road in Vineyard Haven, has been sold to an Aquinnah real estate investor for $2.3 million.