Hayley Duffy
State looks north for offshore wind energy
Updated Feb. 11
Massachusetts Gov. Maura Healey announced last week that she signed an agreement between the state and Nova Scotia to advance offshore wind...
Study says offshore wind decreases blackout risk
The past few weeks have been cold, brutally cold, especially on an Island surrounded by the frigid Atlantic where the winds, which gather speed...
Vineyard Wind allowed to resume construction
Much like the turbines under threat, a legal saga around the offshore wind industry continues to spin in circles.
Attempts by the federal government to...
Vineyard Wind takes federal government to court
Updated Jan. 23
Officials behind the $4.5 billion Vineyard Wind 1 offshore wind project kept their heads down last year, silently installing turbines 15 miles...
Revolution Wind allowed to resume construction
Another attempt by the federal government to step on the toes of the offshore wind industry faltered after a judge Monday granted Revolution Wind,...
State officials begin bid process for State Forest project
A plan to eventually cut almost 200 acres in the State Forest is full steam ahead as the state department that oversees the area...
Submarine cable installations make landfall
After years of work — from civic engagement and environmental discussions to construction and underwater drilling — a two-part cable installation project to deliver...
State pushes through plan to cut acres of pines
State officials endorsed a plan to cut almost 200 acres of white pines in the Manuel F. Correllus State Forest, without an environmental impact...
Offshore wind projects fight suspension orders
Just before Christmas, the administration of President Donald Trump halted work on all large-scale offshore wind projects under construction. The order shut down two...
Trump administration halts all offshore wind projects
Updated Jan. 6
The administration of President Donald Trump halted work on all large-scale offshore wind projects under construction, effectively torpedoing any progress in this...
‘We can bring back light’
Under the glow of outdoor lights across the Edgartown mini-park, next to the bookstore, a torch lit the shamash, or helper candle, on a...
Court decision blows in favor of offshore wind
A new federal court decision on Monday is being seen as a victory for the offshore wind industry, which has faced strong opposition from...
Stepping up an offensive on ticks
Brian Athearn, dressed in camouflage, scaled a tree with his crossbow near the West Tisbury headquarters of the Martha’s Vineyard Hunt Club, where Island...
The Island’s six towns may pursue new agreements with Vineyard Wind
Updated Dec. 17
After months of negotiations, the Town of Nantucket and the developer of Vineyard Wind 1, an offshore wind farm 15 miles off...
Tick crisis comes into focus
It’s difficult not to know someone on the Island who’s afflicted by some tick-borne infection, from Lyme disease to babesiosis to anaplasmosis, and especially...
Last cut at Benito’s on Circuit Avenue
Stylists at Benito’s Hair Styling cut the last locks of hair at the Circuit Avenue location last Tuesday, after 35 years. The closure reflects...
A national alarm sounds on alpha-gal
Updated Nov. 19
Alpha-gal syndrome is so prevalent on the Island that restaurant menus often mark items that do not include meat or dairy with...
Turbine blade fractures in Plymouth
Updated Nov. 11
Visible off Route 25 before the Bourne Bridge on the way to the Island, a small onshore wind farm around a cranberry...
Picture-perfect and under threat
The Island’s salt marshes are iconic. But beyond being the muse for landscape painters and art photographers, they are an integral and productive ecosystem.
Salt...
Fate of the Cliffs
For more than 13,000 years, as the last great North American glacier began to retreat, Martha’s Vineyard, or Noepe, has been home to the...