Abigail Rosen
USCG Auxiliary offers boating course
Updated
The Martha’s Vineyard Coast Guard Auxiliary will be holding a safe boating class on Saturday, April 23. The course will include updated information, and...
Island community helps restore dunes
More than 100 volunteers gathered to help plant beachgrass at Lobsterville Beach in Aquinnah on Saturday. The annual event, part of the Wampanoag Tribe...
Lampost owner’s proposed modifications scrutinized
A proposal to modify how units are rented at the "Lampost building," located at 6 Circuit Ave. in Oak Bluffs, received significant pushback before...
DCC in support of Islandwide moped rental ban
The Dukes County Commission unanimously approved supporting “the concept of filing legislation for an Islandwide ban on mopeds and scooters” on Wednesday, confirming that...
Voters to weigh in on town expenditures
The Oak Bluffs combined annual and special town meetings are set for 7 pm on Tuesday, April 12, at the Martha’s Vineyard High School...
Vineyard receives two tourism grants
The Edgartown Board of Trade is receiving a $45,000 grant from the Massachusetts Office of Travel and Tourism’s (MOTT) Travel and Tourism Recovery (TTR)...
Edgartown select board approves shade tree removal
The request to remove a 26-foot-tall European hornbeam tree located outside the courthouse was unanimously approved by the Edgartown select board at its meeting...
Cost of living too high for Vineyard teachers
Supporters of the Martha’s Vineyard Educators Association (MVEA) gathered on Saturday at Vineyard Haven’s Five Corners to build public awareness about their ongoing contract...
DQ opens, spring is here
Sweet-toothed Islanders lined up to get their first Dairy Queen fix of the season on Friday. By 2 pm, around a dozen hungry customers...
TestMV celebrates its staff
A single trailer sat in the empty parking lot of Martha’s Vineyard Agricultural Hall on Thursday, as TestMV staff worked to wrap up their...
West Tisbury plans to widen North Tisbury Bridge
The West Tisbury select board met on Wednesday to discuss a proposal to renovate the North Tisbury bridge, which is located on State Road...
Three candidates vie for one seat in O.B.
Oak Bluffs will vote to elect its new select board member on Thursday, April 14. Polls will be open from 10 am to 7...
New program aims to reform approaches to SUD
It’s Wednesday morning, and Brian Morris, a recovery coach and mental health and substance use disorder (SUD) access coordinator, rallies a team in a...
The cost of doing nothing
The Climate Action Plan’s latest event, on March 23, sponsored by the Martha’s Vineyard Commission, featured a presentation by economist Charles Goodhue. The presentation...
Chappy resident faces wiretap allegations
Chappaquiddick residents requested immediate action be taken by Edgartown Police Department and the town’s select board to order the removal of five cameras said...
West Tisbury proposes Island-wide forum
The West Tisbury select board met on Wednesday to discuss the need for an Island-wide gathering in regard to legislative proposals that have been...
Island musician rocks at skeet shooting
West Tisbury resident Mike Kerr has been dominating in competitions for his newfound hobby. Kerr, who is a musician, decided to give skeet shooting...
O.B. harbormaster to retire
Oak Bluffs harbormaster Todd Alexander announced he will be retiring from his decades-long position at Tuesday’s select board meeting. Alexander, who has had the...
Edgartown oyster and scallop season extended
The Edgartown select board met Monday to approve requests for the one-month extension of scallop season in areas outside of Cape Poge, as well...
MVC moves forward with Island Grown farm expansion
The Martha’s Vineyard Commission met Thursday night to unanimously approve its written decision on Island Grown Farm’s proposed construction of a new, all-electric Education...