On The Vineyard

This week we share a 10-minute wrap-up of 2025 in Martha’s Vineyard news, we are listening back to some archival sound. In each episode we try to add Vineyard voices from the past. We do this with the help of the Martha’s Vineyard Museum and their extensive audio archive. In today’s episode we meet the woman who maintains and grows the archive, and hear some of the voices from this year’s episodes.

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This week we share a 10-minute wrap-up of 2025 in Martha’s Vineyard news – from the effects of funding cuts from the Trump administration to a rise in ticks and a raid by ICE. And a  bombshell report blasting the Steamship Authority for blowing millions in public funds on redesigning a new website that is still not functional. We listen to clips from the major stories of the year, and we remember the people and places on the Island that are no longer with us. 

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In this week's 10-minute wrap-up of the news from the Vineyard Gazette newsroom, a report from the state Inspector General blasted Steamship Authority leadership for blowing millions in public funds on redesigning a new website that is still not functional. And Martha’s Vineyard Hospital has a new leader in a long-time employee. 

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In this week's 10-minute wrap-up of the news from the Vineyard Gazette newsroom, State officials came to Oak Bluffs to discuss ways to confront the increasing number of tick-borne illnesses on the Island. And Christmas in Edgartown is here!

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In this week's 10-minute wrap-up of the news from the Vineyard Gazette newsroom, loneliness among Island seniors is a growing concern for healthcare providers. And the future looks dim for Island Music, the Vineyard's only music store.

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In this week's 10-minute wrap-up of the news from the Vineyard Gazette newsroom, Martha’s Vineyard Playhouse and Circuit Arts say the organizations will soon come together as one entity. And where did all the turkeys roaming the Vineyard come from? 

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In this week's 10-minute wrap-up of the news from the Vineyard Gazette, the off-season in Oak Bluffs is getting more difficult with businesses closing. Also, a new site on the African American Heritage Trail in Woods Hole.

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In this week's 10-minute wrap-up of the news from the Vineyard Gazette newsroom, the Steamship Authority is getting a new general manager and the Martha's Vineyard Playhouse is losing its iconic director.

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True Vineyard Color, with host Sylvia Farrington, is a conversation with the eclectic people who call Martha's Vineyard home. This week, Sylvia talks with Vineyard Gazette publisher and On the Vineyard producer and host Monica Brady-Myerov about her love of storytelling, local journalism, and finding community on the Vineyard. 

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An Islandwide election will be held next year on a proposal to fund the renovation of the regional high school. And volunteers dig in to move quahaugs from a polluted lake to a healthier pond, so in the future they will be fit for consumption.

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