Monthly Archives: March 2025
Sunset Lake driver pleads not guilty
Kaylee Harnen, a 31-year-old from Pennsylvania, and the driver of a car that first responders found flipped on its hood in Sunset Lake in...
Times receives ‘general excellence’ award
The Martha’s Vineyard Times has been recognized by a regional newspaper association with one of its most coveted awards at an annual convention on...
Two contested races in Tisbury
Tisbury voters will decide two contested races this year, as well as whether to put a second Martha’s Vineyard Commissioner on the town planning...
Healey extends hybrid and remote public meetings
Massachusetts Gov. Maura Healey has signed an act allowing state and local public bodies to continue holding meetings in hybrid or remote format, as...
Disabled Coast Guard vessel blocks SSA boat
A U.S. Coast Guard vessel briefly delayed a Steamship Authority vessel’s departure from Woods Hole Monday afternoon.
Sean Driscoll, Steamship Authority communications director, confirmed with...
‘Jaws’ Broadway play coming to the Island
The Broadway play “The Shark Is Broken,” a comedy-drama based on the making of the movie “Jaws,” is coming to the Vineyard this summer...
Boys tennis dominates in season opener
The Martha’s Vineyard Regional High School spring sports season is underway, and the boys tennis team kicked things off right under the sun on...
Complaint filed with AG against Island fuel supplier
A West Tisbury resident has filed a complaint against an Island fuel provider with the state attorney general’s office, claiming that his and other...
Nantucket files legal challenge against SouthCoast Wind
An offshore wind development planned off the Vineyard’s coast has been hit with a legal challenge from the Town of Nantucket, where municipal officials...
Oak Bluffs clerk candidates make their cases
With elections only a couple of weeks away, three candidates in Oak Bluffs are making their cases to be elected as the next town...
Island towns diving into housing production planning
Updated March 27th.
Local boards across the Vineyard are starting to create a town-by-town plan to address housing issues and their next step is hearing...
Nantucket group not giving up on offshore wind fight
A Nantucket-based group is continuing its fight against offshore wind, this time with the Environmental Protection Agency.
ACK for Whales, an anti-offshore wind group from...
Finding solutions for turbulent insurance market
A Cape and Islands lawmaker is trying to bridge the growing gap between homeowners and a turbulent insurance market with the introduction of two...
Film Festival celebrates 25 years
Twenty-five years ago on the Island, a group of theater school friends had just finished shooting “The Last Will and Testament of Marlboro Patch,”...
Construction starting in June for 60-unit housing project
Updated March 31
New residents won’t begin to move into a 60-unit affordable housing project planned in Oak Bluffs until after Jan. 2027, two years...
Three finalists announced for Edgartown principal
The Edgartown School is closing in on its search for a new principal, narrowing the initial 12 applicants down to three finalists, two of...
Island youth teams claim tournament wins at Cape’s Lobster Pot
At a hockey tournament on the Cape earlier this month called the Lobster Pot, two under-eight Martha’s Vineyard Mariner hockey teams brought home first...
Former prime minister coming to film festival
As the Martha’s Vineyard Film Festival enters its 25th year, it will host its first-ever world leader — former New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda...
SSA art contest submissions open
Get your crayons ready kids, the Steamship Authority’s art contest here.
The ferry line announced its 10th annual “Sail into Imagination” art contest in a...
A growing home for Brazilian faith community
The band could be heard down Church Street on a recent Sunday night in March. Guitars, drums and a chorus boomed out from Lagoinha...