Contact
The Vineyard Gazette
The island's newspaper since 1847 has been The Vineyard Gazette, 34 South Summer St., Edgartown, Phone: +1 508-627-4311 Fax: 508-627-7444, (http://mvgazette.com).
Martha's Vineyard Times
A less stylized, more newsy island newspaper is the Martha's Vineyard Times (http://www.mvtimes.com/).
WVVY
Martha's Vineyard has a unique low-power FM community radio station, WVVY (http://www.wvvy.org) at 93.7 FM. Its signal can also be heard clearly in Woods Hole and parts of Falmouth on the cape. Highly varied, eclectic music and news/affairs programming 7/24.
There is very little crime anywhere on Martha's Vineyard.
Beware of poison ivy, a low-growing vine which may climb with three shiny leaves. It can cause skin inflamation at any time.
Ticks
can be a problem and may carry Lyme Disease. Also, ticks in Aquinnah, particularly at Moshup Beach, may carry Tularemia. Martha's Vineyard is the only place in the continental US where Tularemia has been known to be carried and transmitted by tick bite.When you are at the beach, swimmers should be aware of jellyfish that float north in the summer. Jellyfish are common at the State Beach, on the Edgartown-Oak Bluffs connector.