George Brennan
Key milestone for Navigator project
The proposal to shift skilled nursing care from Windemere Nursing and Rehabilitation Center to Navigator Homes of Martha’s Vineyard has taken another step with...
Nantucket returns to service Friday
Updated 5/20 @9 am
The Steamship Authority ferry Nantucket returned to service on Friday after being cleared by the U.S. Coast Guard, Sean Driscoll, a...
Galibois vows to be a presence on M.V.
Rob Galibois, Democratic candidate for Cape and Islands District Attorney, was on Island Tuesday for a campaign kickoff outside the Edgartown courthouse, followed by...
Governor’s back, and then sidelined
Updated @ 1:50 pm
The MV Governor, the Steamship Authority’s oldest ferry, was scheduled to be back in service today as the SSA’s schedule changes...
Times, Gazette stiffed for Tisbury School ads
The Martha’s Vineyard Times and Vineyard Gazette won’t be paid for ads taken out for the successful 2021 vote to renovate and add onto...
Military crew disciplined for M.V. stop
An Air Force Reserve crew that made an unplanned stop at Martha’s Vineyard Airport to pick up a vintage motorcycle belonging to a crew...
Blake to run against Ogden for sheriff
Retiring Oak Bluffs Police Chief Erik Blake will run against incumbent Dukes County Sheriff Robert Ogden for the Democratic nomination for sheriff. The showdown...
Farmers market wants to stay
The West Tisbury Farmers Market’s future on the grounds of the Martha’s Vineyard Agricultural Society property is up for discussion at two meetings —...
Nobody does it better — confirmed
On these shores, Carly Simon needs no introduction.
Well, there may be a couple of young wash-ashores who never heard her iconic voice, but there...
Oak Bluffs man to compete in Ironman championships
J.P. Dowd, who was born and raised in Oak Bluffs and now lives in Boston, will be competing this weekend in the Ironman World...
More talk, no action on PFAS
The Oak Bluffs board of health met on Tuesday for a single agenda item — “discussion of draft regulation to restrict the installation of artificial...
Lagoon Ridge can move ahead with market-rate homes
The Lagoon Ridge subdivision will be allowed to build four market-rate houses ahead of getting official approval from the Massachusetts Department of Housing and...
Testimony ends, vote coming on turf field
The Oak Bluffs planning board will finally deliberate and take a vote on the special permit for a synthetic turf field and track project...
Release of prisoner brings new attention to Whelan case
The release of U.S. Marine Trevor Reed, who was held captive by the Russian government and freed in a prisoner exchange with the U.S.,...
Eversource announces ‘conversation’ about undersea cables
Eversource is planning to fix a faulty cable that provides electricity to Martha’s Vineyard and add a fifth undersea cable that will expand capacity...
SSA lifts mask mandate on ferries
One day after telling the Steamship Authority board that they would continue to impose a mask mandate on ferries, the SSA has reversed course...
Ferries are headed toward obsolescence
One-third of the Steamship Authority's fleet is nearing obsolescence, particularly the SSA’s freight ferries the Katama, Gay Head, and Sankaty, according to a study...
D’Andrea picked for Wareham top job
Matt D’Andrea has been offered the job of superintendent of schools in Wareham.
D’Andrea was one of two finalists for the job and was selected...
SSA employees fired over vaccinations
Updated 3:45 pm
Fourteen Steamship Authority employees, some of them involved in a federal lawsuit against the ferry service, have been terminated after not...
COVID cases reach 34
After a bit of a down week, COVID-19 cases increased from 20 to 34 last week. The seven-day positive rate for PCR tests was...