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Davis, Steamship reach advisory capacity agreement
Updated, Oct. 16
Steamship Authority general manager Bob Davis will be taking on a senior advisor role after stepping down from the ferry line’s top...
State officials grilled on homeless clearing
Naomi Higgins, in front of an auditorium full of Vineyard residents on Thursday, criticized high-ranking state officials in an emotional reproach for their clearing...
Oak Bluffs looks to health board to enforce bottle ban
Oak Bluffs’ select board is asking its health department to consider enforcing a much-debated plastic water and soft-drink bottle ban, taking cues from enforcement...
A deeper look at equity audit shows room for improvement
Island public schools have work to do to clarify and equally apply disciplinary policies, address concerns over bullying and student drug use, and teachers'...
School committee gets first look at equity audit
Fresh off of publicizing the findings of a much-anticipated equity audit, Martha’s Vineyard Public Schools presented an overview of the results to the all-Island...
Resilience was focus of Vineyard climate conference
As the dangers of a changing climate are at the forefront of the national conscience after Hurricane Helene, planners and researchers from the Cape...
Public schools to present equity audit
Public school officials plan to present the full results of their highly anticipated audit of equity and fairness — conducted in partnership with a...
Five Corners flooding plan delayed, balloons in cost
Tisbury officials have indefinitely paused a plan to help mitigate flooding at Five Corners in Vineyard Haven due to state-level permitting requirements.
While the town...
How much carbon does Martha’s Vineyard store?
As the Island confronts the many challenges brought by climate change, a Cape Cod-based research team is helping the Vineyard do its part to...
Sheriff office confirms booking room is recorded
Legal counsel for Dukes County Sheriff Bob Ogden confirmed in court Monday that the sheriff’s office does in fact record its booking room, which...
State Police investigating Aquinnah vandalism
Aquinnah neighbors are on edge after recent instances of destructive vandalism and graffiti occurred at homes, public roads, and the private West Chop Club.
Some...
Milestone for Island Autism campus
The Island Autism Group has finished the heart of its ambitious planned campus, a new space intended to support youth and adults on Martha’s...
Honoring a Vineyard Black entrepreneur
Vineyarders came together on Sunday in a jovial celebration of Ambler B. Wormley, a Black man who ran a gas station and auto repair...
Popular live music event wins local zoning ruling
A live music event on private property got a favorable ruling from a West Tisbury board on Thursday, although the Radio Farm event will...
Judge sides with sheriffs over Brady record suit
The Dukes and Barnstable county sheriffs have successfully rebuffed efforts by the Cape and Islands District Attorney that attempted to force them to turn...
Tisbury board pushes for Spring Street compromise
The Tisbury zoning board is asking a developer to try to reach a compromise with the abutter of a controversial project who is trying...
Chilmark dispute still unsettled
Updated September 19.
Suellen Lazarus, the embattled president of the nonprofit that runs summer programs at the Chilmark Community Center, is facing new calls to...
Pelican a rare sight for Island birders
Updated Sept. 12
Many find Vineyard summers too busy, and instead visit in September just past peak season. The Island’s latest notable shoulder season traveler...
Was a Vineyard Haven home 100 years old? And why it matters
Ninety-seven Spring Street, a construction project that’s intended to house as many as nine Vineyard Wind workers in a residential district, has caused a...
House advances Vineyard housing bank bill
The Massachusetts House took a step to advance a bill Thursday that would allow the Vineyard to create a housing bank, though the bill...