July 25, 2026 4:22 pm
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----------------MV Times News:
- Engine fire engulfs box truck in Edgartown
Nobody was hurt after an engine fire engulfed a delivery truck in Edgartown. Edgartown first responders responded to a box-style delivery truck that was on fire on Barnes Road near the Martha’s Vineyard Airport Business Park entrance. Edgartown Police Sgt. Ryan Ruley said this occurred around 5:30 pm on Thursday. Edgartown Police directed traffic while firefighters put out the flames.
- Hospital to launch Island’s first alpha-gal research center
As cases of alpha-gal syndrome continue to rise on the Island, the first local center to study the condition is set to be opened by the Martha’s Vineyard Hospital, in partnership with Boston’s Mass General Hospital (MGH). The multi-million dollar research center, the cost of which the hospital didn’t specify, is scheduled to open Oct. 1. It will focus on alpha-gal diagnosis, treatment, and research and be located in West Tisbury at the former location of the Indian Hill Medical Center, which the hospital purchased for $1.85 million on Oct. 31, 2025.
- Tagging one of the ocean’s most elusive animals
The water looked like glass as the center-console fishing boat, refitted for sharking, left Ryder’s Cove at 9 am, drove past Chatham Bar through a natural inlet that moves and shifts to the will of Mother Nature, and entered what Capt. Josh Higgins calls “shark country.” It only took about 15 minutes from the dock to enter the open ocean on July 20.
- Behind the Lines
On Wednesday July 29 at 7:30 pm, a feature-length documentary, “Behind the Lines,” will be one of the films screened as part of the MV Film Society’s DOC WEEK. The film follows the New York Times best-selling author, Andrew Carroll, on his international mission to seek out and preserve war correspondences related to American conflicts ever written, from the Revolution to the present day. Carroll launched the initiative almost 28 years ago and has found and archived more than 250,000 letters and emails.
- Publisher’s Note: Investing in local journalism
The price of great local coverage? Just $1 a week. We believe strongly in public access to reliable information, and we are equally committed to building a sustainable future for the local journalism our Island depends on. We hope you have seen the improvements we’ve made to our website, as well as how we’ve stepped up coverage of news, events, and the arts. However, there’s a cost to producing consistent, high quality coverage across the Island — so we’re asking for your help.Starting today, we are reintroducing gated access to our website content. Although this is a significant change, we believe it is still generous. The new system strikes a balance between ensuring free access to breaking news that serves our community while also building the necessary infrastructure to sustain The Times for many more years.
