The prosperity of 19th century whaling built Edgartown’s captains’ houses lining quaint streets that tumble down to active docks and a lighthouse beach.

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High school building costs for year-rounders sharpen into focus

A new tool for calculating an individual homeowner’s tax increase from the Martha’s Vineyard Regional High School’s (MVRHS) building project went live last Friday, clarifying how each town’s differing policies impact the cost burden on year-round residents.  The Times published the first look at tax burdens for all property owners in March based on data…

Extensive mapping of deer population is in

Updated April 17. From dusk to dawn, drones were flown daily this winter from more than 100 spots across the Island to collect and mark the heat signatures of deer, in what is regarded as the most extensive survey of the herd ever done. Now the results are in. The nonprofit Tick Free Martha’s Vineyard…

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