George Brennan
Time has come for school vote
Tomorrow is the day. Voters in Tisbury will go to the polls Tuesday and the key question on the ballot is whether to fund...
SSA board visits Vineyard Haven and gets earful
Updated 9 pm
The Steamship Authority needs to do better. That was the clear message from a crowd of about 50 people gathered inside the...
Tisbury selectmen support sewer-line move
The town’s board of selectmen have entered into a license agreement that will allow a sewer line to be moved on land at 20...
Martha’s Vineyard ferry suffers door problem
The woes for the MV Martha’s Vineyard, now back a month from its $17.5 million refurbishment, are continuing.
On Thursday night, one of the rollers...
Lt. Gov. Polito visits, marvels at M.V. beauty
Lt. Gov. Karyn Polito made the rounds of Island towns Thursday, signing community compacts and offering the state’s help when it comes to important...
Initial steps taken for recreational weed license
Patient Centric of Martha’s Vineyard, which is already a registered medical marijuana dispensary, is taking steps to obtain a recreational marijuana license.
Patient Centric is...
‘Dangerous’ dogs euthanized
Updated April 20
Two dogs that were deemed dangerous by Oak Bluffs selectmen, a decision supported by both a clerk magistrate and a judge,...
Fluoride loses, Smadbeck returned to office
Updated April 13 at 8 pm
Voters overwhelmingly defeated an initiative to add fluoride to the town’s water, a rebuff to a controversial order issued...
M.V. Airport Commission threatens laundry shutdown
Updated April 18 at 4:40 pm
Airport Laundromat has been given 21 days — until May 3 — to repay $140,000 to the Martha’s Vineyard...
Voters head to the polls today
It’s election day in three Island towns. Voters in Edgartown, Oak Bluffs, and West Tisbury go to the polls.
In Edgartown, voters will decide the...
Tisbury School vote put on hold
A vote on a proposed $46.6 million new Tisbury School project will have to wait at least another day.
After more than two hours of...
With Sollitto retiring, first candidates emerge
The first candidate seeking to replace longtime Dukes County Superior Court clerk of courts Joseph Sollitto Jr. has emerged.
Sollitto has decided to retire after...
Island Home suffers brief delay Sunday
The MV Island Home, just back in service since Thursday, suffered a brief delay Sunday morning when the ferry’s doors would not close, Steamship...
Station calls Edgartown election, a week early
Updated 3:35 pm
A Martha’s Vineyard radio station reported a winner of the Edgartown selectman’s race, a week before the election is scheduled to happen.
Gail...
Martha’s Vineyard ferry fatigue reaches three full weeks
Problems with the Steamship Authority’s largest ferries are now at 21 days and counting. While there is hope on the horizon that some of...
SSA to suspend service of fast ferry later today
Update 5:30 pm
The National Weather Service has issued a Wind Advisory from Wednesday, April 4, 2:00 p.m. until Thursday, April 5, 4:00 a.m.
The Steamship Authority...
Fast ferry makes fast fans
On the ride from Woods Hole to Vineyard Haven Friday morning on SeaStreak’s Whaling City Express, a regular commuter hatched a plan. He would...
This beer’s repeating
Bad Martha is in the finals of Boston Magazine’s Final Pour and they’re asking for your help.
Josh Flanders, tap room manager of the Edgartown...
School project is major issue on Tisbury warrant
Voters will decide whether to support a Proposition 2½ debt exclusion to pay for the town’s share of a new $47 million Tisbury School....
Tennis program suspends talks with Y
Vineyard Youth Tennis has broken off talks of a merger with the YMCA, according to Chris Scott, chairman of the program that provides instruction...