Rich Saltzberg
Tisbury School entrance fixed up
Exterior fixes have taken place at the Tisbury School over the course of the summer. The peeling paint on the front entrance has been...
Sewage issue temporarily knocks out M/V Nantucket
A running toilet in the passenger area of the MV Nantucket impacted crew quarters and knocked the vessel out of service Thursday morning for...
Ag Society auction underway
The Martha’s Vineyard Agricultural Society online community auction is underway, and runs through the weekend. From Adirondack chairs to custom fishing rods to a...
Is Dover Amendment in play for Tisbury School 2.0?
The $56.7 million renovation-and-addition project for the Tisbury School voted forward by the Tisbury School Building Committee in June may require use of the...
Burned flag on Tisbury lawn a mystery
Tisbury Police are investigating a burned flag found on the lawn of a home on Franklin Street Wednesday. Very little is known, according to...
Steamship Authority renews 5:30 am freight ferries
Updated August 19
The Steamship Authority board voted Tuesday to accept a 2021 operating schedule that includes 5:30 am freight boat runs many Woods Hole...
Attorney seeks police report in OUI arrest
Updated Sept. 9
On Friday, Edgartown attorney Martin (“Skip”) Tomassian appeared remotely before Edgartown District Court Judge Paul Pino on behalf of his client, Kym...
Tisbury firefighters extinguish magnesium fire
Tisbury firefighters responded to a combination vehicle and structure fire Sunday night shortly before 11 pm, and encountered burning magnesium.
Tisbury Fire Chief Greg Leland...
Steamship Authority online reservation system crashed Sunday
Update Aug. 19
The Steamship Authority’s online reservation system went down Sunday at roughly 1:30 am.
“That left most users unable to book a reservation until...
West Tisbury court action against dog owner aborted
The West Tisbury animal control department no longer plans court action against dog owner Matt Hayden for alleged failure to complete an enclosure for...
Geoff Freeman named director of Martha’s Vineyard Airport
For reasons described as “personal,” airport director Cindi Martin will retire at the end of August, Martha’s Vineyard Airport commission chair Bob Rosenbaum told...
Zarbas lose in federal court
The town of Oak Bluffs and the law firm of Reynolds, Rappaport, Kaplan, and Hackney defeated a multicount federal lawsuit brought by John and...
Fundraiser emerges to support Morgan family
A GoFundMe campaign started by West Tisbury resident Nicole Cabot to help the Morgan family following the murder of Charlie Morgan in Florida seeks...
Fund set up to help paralyzed diver
A GoFundMe campaign began Monday for the benefit of 20-year-old Kamil Sudol, who dove off Little Bridge in Oak Bluffs on August 3 and...
Stiller and Wunsch adjourn
Two stalwarts of the Edgartown District Court have retired. Gayle Stiller served in the court for 42 years, while Jean Wunsch served there for...
Ag Society gleans a Model T and a big donor
In its bid to revive pandemic-battered finances and preserve the 160th annual agricultural fair, Martha’s Vineyard Agricultural Society has received some notable contributions. Former...
SSA orders contractor to remove Blue Lives Matter flag
Updated 3:40 pm
A crane at the Steamship Authority’s Woods Hole Project jobsite flew a Blue Lives Matter flag on Tuesday, in apparent contradiction to...
An $8,000 ambulance trip to Woods Hole
An Oak Bluffs man has been contacted by the FBI about a large bill he received for an ambulance transfer to Woods Hole. In...
Bill would give shellfish group more control of hatchery
A bill sponsored by Rep. Dylan Fernandes would give the Martha’s Vineyard Shellfish Group more control of the John T. Hughes Hatchery and Research...
Good Samaritans lauded following Range Rover sinking
In a letter to Chilmark selectmen, Chilmark Police Chief Jonathan Klaren praised the efforts of two good Samaritans to aid three people who toppled...