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Thursday, February 26, 2026
Volume 43, Issue No. 8
THE MARTHA’S VINEYARD TIMES
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BLIZZARD BU RIES ISL AN D
DOUG ALLEN
State of emergency declared as 10,000 lose power. BY HAYLEY DUFFY
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historic blizzard battered the Island this week. Trees toppled from the weight of the snow, power lines were downed, roads were impassable, and hundreds of thousands across the state, and as many as
State attorney general reprimands AmeriGas Several Islanders made complaints about propane delivery delays. BY HAYLEY DUFFY
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assachusetts Attorney General Andrea Joy Campbell called out two propane gas companies that serve the state, and demanded that they remedy the problems that delayed deliveries to households and left hundreds without heat or hot water this winter. Campbell’s office Continued on A22
10,000 people here on the Island, had no power or heat, and some wouldn’t see reprieve for days. By Wednesday, thousands of Islanders still had not seen power restored. This storm was a nor’easter, which satel-
lites showed as a fierce spiral that blanketed all of the Northeast at once, and produced a blizzard that many won’t forget. Some have likened this weather system to the blizzard of ’78, which dumped 27 inches
of snow in Boston and became known as the storm of the century. Meteorologists in Providence and the South Coast reported record snowfall that surpassed the blizzard Continued on A23
Digging out of the aftermath Crews work nonstop to clean up and restore power. BY EUNKI SEONWOO
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fter getting walloped by a blizzard that brought howling winds and heavy snowfall across Martha’s Vineyard, the long, grinding process of digging out and cleaning up is underway. But as power restoration and snow removal continue, Vineyarders are wary of the rain that started Wednesday afternoon, and forecasts of another dusting of snow this week on top of the nearly two feet of white stuff already dumped on the Island. The Vineyard will see a “wintry mix” of rain and snow, but a meteorologist at the National Weather Service in Norton said
the rain would not likely pose issues for the Island, and the hope is that the small amount of precipitation can be absorbed into the snow already on the ground. As of late Wednesday morning, the precipitation in the next few days was expected to bring little to no snow accumulation. Still, the Island is prone to flooding at Five Corners, and there were work crews working Wednesday to try to get ahead of the threat by clearing large piles of blackened snow with front-end loaders. Islanders are using shovels and Continued on A22
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