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Bank robbery ‘lookout man’ sentenced to four years
A suspect in the armed-bank robbery on Martha’s Vineyard in 2022, what prosecutors are calling the “lookout man,” was sentenced yesterday in federal court...
Trump order upends wind industry
Updated, Jan. 22
With President Trump promising measures to curtail the offshore wind industry along the East Coast, Vineyard Wind officials say that one of...
With building preserved, radio station still expected to move
A nonprofit in Woods Hole has purchased the historic building that has housed the local Cape and Islands NPR radio station for the past...
Nurses, hospital reach contract agreement
Union nurses and Martha’s Vineyard Hospital have reached an agreement on a new three-year contract, avoiding the threat of a one-day strike raised as...
Vineyard flagged with third highest insurance nonrenewal rate in the country
A U.S. Senate advisory committee has released a bleak report warning of a national recession similar to the 2008 housing crash, which could be...
State Senators focus remains on housing
Cape and Islands state Senator Julian Cyr, a Democrat from Provincetown, was sworn in last week for what will be his fifth term representing...
Bound for Mystic
A replica, handmade wooden boat that pays homage to the early 19th century fishery on Martha’s Vineyard is headed to Mystic Seaport as part...
Moakley sworn in as Island state representative
Thomas Moakley, a Falmouth Democrat, was sworn in on New Year’s Day as the newest representative for Falmouth, Martha’s Vineyard, Nantucket, and Gosnold at...
Abigail McGrath, founder of the Renaissance House, dies at 84
Abigail Hubbell Rosen McGrath, the founder of the Renaissance House in Oak Bluffs, died on Dec. 20 after a battle with liver cancer. She...
Local sea-salt farmers dealt a blow
M.V. Sea Salt have been adapting to a changing climate, but December’s storm set them back.
Janet Messineo — fisherman, writer, taxidermist — dies at 76
Janet May Messineo-Israel — a beloved Island fisherman and taxidermist — died on Tuesday evening at the age of 76 at her home in...
‘Ringleader’ in Rockland Trust heist sentenced to a decade
Updated, Dec. 19
The Edgartown man police say was the ringleader behind the Vineyard Haven Rockland Trust armed bank robbery in 2022 was sentenced on...
Vineyard Wind installing turbine blades again
Vineyard Wind officials say that they have returned to attaching blades to turbine towers at its offshore wind farm more than a dozen miles...
Miraculous rescue on Sunset Lake
Updated, Dec. 13
Three individuals, after striking a telephone pole in a small SUV and crashing upside down into Sunset Lake in Oak Bluffs, were...
Islanders transfixed by rare white stag
Updated, Dec. 4
A few lucky Islanders have taken in a rare and, some might call, majestic treat: a white stag deer.
There have been firsthand...
The price to end moped rentals: $1.9 million
There is an offer on the table that would end what for decades has been the bane of existence for many Martha’s Vineyard summers:...
Steamship COO to resign
The Steamship Authority has announced that another one of its top officials is stepping down.
Chief Operating Officer Mark Higgins, who joined the ferry line...
Canada station reports “falsification scheme” at turbine plant
Updated, Nov. 13
A radio station in Quebec is reporting that top executives at a manufacturing plant in Canada — where turbine blades have been...
Cyr reelected to state Senate
Updated Nov. 6
Cape and Islands state Senator Julian Cyr will retain his seat representing the Vineyard, much of Cape Cod and Nantucket after a...
Moakley excited to join state legislature
With no challenger, Falmouth Democrat Thomas Moakley officially earned a seat in the state house to represent the Vineyard as well as Nantucket and...