Abigail Rosen
West Tisbury seeks new town accountant
The West Tisbury select board Wednesday began the process of finding a replacement for its longtime town accountant Bruce Stone, who will be officially...
South Beach repairs to cost nearly $2 million
The town of Edgartown received emergency authorization from the Department of Environmental Protection Monday to begin maintenance dredging within Katama Bay to repair damages...
‘Wicked Burger’ slated for Edgartown
There’s a new, year-round, no-frills burger restaurant coming to Edgartown.
On Monday, the town’s select board signed off on a common victualler's license for upcoming...
Nine seals stranded on Island this month
Natural resource officials are keeping a close eye on what is believed to be a juvenile gray seal that is seemingly trying to haul...
Rose arrested for alleged salacious videotaping
Former Oak Bluffs Fire Chief John Rose has been arrested and charged with photographing, videotaping, or electronically surveilling partially nude or nude persons, the...
Two arrested in Edgartown sting
An investigation involving Homeland Security, the Drug Enforcement Agency (DEA), and local police departments resulted in the arrest of an Edgartown couple last week.
Steven...
Housing advocates push for Homes Act passage
State lawmakers and Island housing representatives are seeking support from Vineyard residents for an upcoming hearing on the so-called Affordable Homes Act — a...
Edgartown Police requesting body camera funding
Three years after the codification of a landmark police reform law aimed at increasing accountability in Massachusetts law enforcement agencies, the Edgartown Police Department...
Edgartown residents back ‘party bylaw’
A proposed bylaw that would set restrictions on large parties in residential areas of Edgartown was met with no opposition Monday during a public...
Bad Martha may soon offer wine
Edgartown’s Bad Martha Beer is looking to add wine to the brewery’s menu.
At a meeting with the Edgartown planning board Tuesday, Bad Martha co-owner...
Rose suspended from W.T. Fire Department
Former Oak Bluffs Fire Chief John Rose has been suspended indefinitely from his current role with the West Tisbury Fire Department, following the issuing...
Island Grown executive director to step down
Island Grown Initiative has announced that its longtime executive director, Rebecca Haag, will be retiring this spring. Haag has been at the helm of...
Dukes County treasurer resigns
The Dukes County Commission is on the search once again for a new county treasurer, after current treasurer Judy Soules, who has been in...
Edgartown mulls new zoning bylaws
Edgartown voters will likely get a chance to act on a number of zoning changes at the spring town meeting, ranging from limitations on...
Kimberly Kirk reappointed to school committee
Former Edgartown School Committee member Kimberly Kirk has been reappointed to the committee, following the midterm resignation of one of its members.
In November, Edgartown...
Winter shelter reaches capacity
Alex, a 38-year-old farmworker from Brazil, made the move to Martha’s Vineyard seven months ago; he’d been promised housing and employment with a local...
MVC approves YMCA expansion
A nearly 40,000-square-foot expansion to the Island’s YMCA was approved by the Martha’s Vineyard Commission Thursday.
The 39,000-square-foot, multilevel addition, which will consist of an...
Two firefighters injured in O.B. blaze
A fire that spread through a commercial building and multiple vehicles in Oak Bluffs Wednesday night resulted in injury to two firefighters and extensive...
New report a comprehensive profile of the Island
A new statistical report on Martha’s Vineyard, made up of everything — from town demographics and land use to traffic counts, and shellfish prices;...
County distributes first two grants for septic upgrades
Updated Dec. 12
A countywide initiative aimed at restoring impaired Island ponds by mitigating nitrogen-loading has cut its first two checks to Island homeowners looking...