Land Bank solidifies camping ban
The Martha’s Vineyard Land Bank Commission unanimously solidified the conditional camping ban on its properties during a Monday afternoon meeting, after the second reading of the recommended policy.
At a December meeting, the commission voted...
Aquinnah considers fees for vehicle charging
Aquinnah considered implementing a fee for users of the town’s electric charging stations during a Tuesday afternoon select board meeting. Whether this comes to be or not will depend on what the town finds...
Medders won’t seek re-election
After eight terms spanning 24 years of service to the town of Tisbury, moderator Deborah Medders plans to vacate the podium. Medders will preside over town meeting one last time this spring. Nomination papers...
MVRHS reconsiders feasibility study vote
Martha’s Vineyard Regional High School (MVRHS) committee voted 6-1 to ask for the full $2 million from the Island towns for the Massachusetts School Building Authority (MSBA) feasibility study. This request would appear on...
SSA announces summer reservation openings
The Steamship Authority (SSA) announced in a press release that reservations are open for Headstart customers and for the summer.
Headstart reservations will be open from today, Tuesday, Jan. 10, through Monday, Jan. 16, for...
Airport to conduct noise study
West Tisbury is looking for someone to take part in the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) Part 150 noise study action committee for Martha’s Vineyard Airport. West Tisbury town administrator Jennifer Rand wrote in an...
Island’s residential solar expansion faces roadblocks
Taking steps to mitigate climate change is on the minds of many Martha’s Vineyard residents and officials. Among the various ways toward a greener community, solar energy is one option communities are looking at...
West Tisbury considers new Facebook policy
West Tisbury town departments will be receiving copies of a draft Facebook policy for review, which would affect any posts or pages run by members of town government. An initial copy of the policy...
Edgartown’s upcoming Faraway hotel
Having been undergoing major renovations after its 2020 sale to Boston-based company Blue Flag Partners, Edgartown’s historic Kelley House Hotel is set to reopen by Memorial Day, with a new name and a whole...
‘It almost feels spiteful’
On Tuesday, the Edgartown select board heard from concerned town officials regarding how to proceed with the next phase of a beach nourishment project following the Trustees of Reservations’ (TTOR) decision to relinquish stewardship...
MVRHS sports wrap-up
Boys’ hockey wins Heuchling & Swift Classic
This past week, the Vineyarders traveled to the University of New Hampshire to compete in the Heuchling & Swift Memorial Hockey Classic, hosted by Oyster River High School....
Warren Doty to pass the torch
Longtime Chilmark select board member Warren Doty announced Tuesday he would not seek re-election. Doty said his service to Chilmark spanned 35 years as a school committee member, planning board member, and select board...
O.B. talks environmental initiatives
Martha’s Vineyard Commission representatives want the Oak Bluffs select board to provide a list of town priorities for an upcoming climate risk assessment. The assessment would be done through a grant, and conducted by...
Ferry conversion price tag jumps
The Steamship Authority's Port Council learned Tuesday morning that the price of converting recently acquired offshore supply vessels into ferries has escalated due to steel cost increases.
SSA general manager Robert Davis said price assumptions...
Tisbury candidate forum scheduled Jan. 9
The League of Women Voters of Martha’s Vineyard, in conjunction with MVTV, is sponsoring a candidate forum prior to the Tisbury special election for select board. The forum will be broadcast live at 7...
MVC welcomes new housing planner
In a statement issued last week, the Coalition to Create the MV Housing Bank (CCMVHB) announced that Laura Silber will be stepping down from her role as the coalition’s coordinator.
Silber will be transitioning from...
State official criticizes lobster red-listing as ‘counterproductive’
Months after Monterey Bay Aquarium’s Seafood Watch, a sustainable seafood advisory list, red-listed American lobster fisheries in the U.S. and Canada due to the risks they pose to the endangered North Atlantic right whales,...
Feds take over robbery prosecution
Miquel Anthonio Jones appeared in the dock in Edgartown District Court Thursday for what was to be a probable cause hearing related to the Rockland Trust Bank robbery in November.
Jones, the first suspect taken...
Larkin Stallings: ‘Doing what needs to be done’
You might know Larkin Stallings and his wife Jackie from the Ritz, their legendary dive bar in Oak Bluffs. It’s time to meet his lesser-known side — the one who heads up the Oak...
Sandy D’Amico: ‘I didn’t really even know what an alpaca was’
The beloved alpaca farm on the Edgartown–Vineyard Haven Road, formally known as Island Alpaca Co. of Martha's Vineyard, loves its volunteers. The farm, with a select herd of 35 colorful Huacaya alpacas, offers breeding,...