Rich Saltzberg
A steel successor to replace legendary Shenandoah
The famed topsail schooner Shenandoah, the masterpiece of Captain Bob Douglas built 55 years ago, will one day be moored near an improved rendition...
The Leo Project roars onward
After a four-year fight with recurrent breast cancer, Jessica Danforth isn’t laying low, she’s building a center for children in Kenya. Diagnosed in 2015...
Passengers broil on MV Nantucket
On Sunday, air conditioning issues caused temperatures to soar inside the MV Nantucket. The Steamship Authority and a passenger aboard the ferry give different...
Driver charged with OUI in three-car crash
“I know that crash was my fault, because when drinking, it’s always your fault. It is what it is.” That’s what Marcione Pereira...
Trailer mishap gums up Menemsha
A bicycle trailer overturned in Menemsha on Thursday, June 27, clogging traffic on Basin Road. Nobody was injured, Chilmark Police Chief Jonathan Klaren told...
Edgartown hearing puts Vineyard Wind on trial
On June 27 an Edgartown conservation commission hearing on export cables for the Vineyard Wind offshore wind project saw a packed and divided room,...
Two injured in truck crash
A landscaping truck went off Old County Road in West Tisbury Tuesday afternoon at about 3:20, crashing into a wooded area. Two people were...
Tisbury firefighters respond to electrical fire
Tisbury firefighters responded to an electrical fire on Pine Tree Road Tuesday afternoon, just after 2:30 pm.
Several crews responded, and appeared to be concentrating...
Vineyard man in critical condition after fall from car roof
A 21-year-old Vineyard man is in critical condition after he fell from a car roof in Edgartown. Edgartown Police were called to the intersection...
Crawlspace fire contaminates Tisbury home
Tisbury firefighters responded to a structure fire on Winyah Circle at just after 5 am Monday. Smoke woke the homeowners up, Tisbury Fire Chief...
Fire destroys two boats in Lake Tashmoo
Updated June 26
An early morning fire ravaged two fiberglass motor vessels at the Tashmoo Boatyard on Sunday. The Lofty and the Schultz-Sea burned to...
Rabid bat found in West Tisbury
Updated 1 pm
A bat found at a West Tisbury home has tested positive for rabies following a state necropsy. As a result of the...
Four people injured in three-vehicle crash
Four people were taken to Martha's Vineyard Hospital Friday night after a three-car crash on State Road in front of the Scottish Bakehouse.
The crash...
O.B. officials hit with federal lawsuit
The town of Oak Bluffs and several Oak Bluffs officials have been named as defendants in a recently filed federal lawsuit. The nine-count suit...
MVC ponders housing policy changes
At a weekly meeting on June 20, the Martha’s Vineyard Commission considered revisions to its development of regional impact (DRI) housing policies at a...
West Tisbury selectmen mull canine poultry massacre
Mystery writer Cynthia Riggs went before West Tisbury selectmen on June 19 to apprise the board of a surprise slaughter of more than a...
Vineyard Haven transfer bridge out of commission
On Wednesday, the Steamship Authority took one of the two transfer bridges at the Vineyard Haven terminal out of service for repairs. Wednesday afternoon...
Farewell to a chief
Station Menemsha said farewells to Chief Robert Parent Wednesday morning. After serving three years on the Vineyard, Parent is transferring to Rockland, Maine, to...
SSA promotes Rozum to treasurer/comptroller
In Hyannis Tuesday, the board of the Steamship Authority unanimously appointed the ferry line’s operations manager Mark Rozum to the position of treasurer/comptroller, effective...
West Tisbury voters to consider school funds
West Tisbury will convene a special town meeting Tuesday night at 7 pm at the West Tisbury School. The two-article warrant consists of a...