Offshore wind in crosshairs of fermenting Trump executive order
With President-elect Donald Trump’s inauguration on Monday, Republican lawmakers are preparing to brawl with the offshore wind industry.
Congressman Jeff Van Drew, a New Jersey Republican, announced in a statement this week that he has...
NAACP hosting membership luncheon
The Martha’s Vineyard NAACP branch’s annual Martin Luther King Jr. membership luncheon will be held at the P.A. Club, 137 Vineyard Ave., Oak Bluffs, on Monday, Jan. 20, from 1 to 3 pm.
The ticket...
Housing Trust pursues 15-bedroom 40B project in Tisbury
The Island Housing Trust is proposing a 40B development in Vineyard Haven that would add 12 bedrooms in three separate duplexes to a property near Veterans Memorial Park, with room for seven more bedrooms...
NOAA pulls proposed vessel speed restriction
Updated 3:58 pm
The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) has pulled a proposed vessel speed restriction rule designed to protect critically endangered North Atlantic right whales.
In a withdrawal document filed on Wednesday morning, NOAA’s...
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 a possibility in the fall.
Laura Hilliard, a registered nurse and...
Pond hockey builds community at Duarte’s
After a week of freezing temperatures, the sun touched down delicately across the Islands frozen ponds on Sunday, lighting up the rosy faces of those playing pickup hockey.
While many Islanders dream of escaping the...
Dolby sworn in as Edgartown’s Police Chief
Edgartown Town Hall was filled with police officers, local officials, and Vineyard families and friends of the new Edgartown Police Chief, Chris Dolby, who was officially sworn in at Monday’s select board meeting.
During the...
‘I am paying a fortune to insure my home’
Many Vineyarders are frustrated, and are struggling to not only find an insurance company to protect their home, but to pay for the ever-increasing costs of homeowners insurance. And that has been evidenced in...
SSA slip out of commission
Updated Jan. 14
An issue with a Vineyard Haven slip caused at least one cancellation to Steamship Authority ferries, although the SSA is reporting that trips are now running on time.
The unavailability of Slip No....
Advocates warn of ‘brutal’ impacts of immigration bill
Island immigrants and advocates are reacting with worry after a bill that targets undocumented individuals passed the U.S. House of Representatives last Tuesday, warning that some immigrants are already preparing to leave the Island.
The...
Federal officials postpone Vineyard Wind webinar
A torrent of questions pushed federal officials to postpone a webinar about Vineyard Wind that was scheduled for this month.
The Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement (BSEE) and the Nantucket select board will now...
Rolston chosen as Tisbury fire chief
Updated Jan. 14
Tisbury has chosen the next leader of the town’s fire department.
On Friday, the Tisbury select board unanimously approved hiring Tisbury Acting Fire Chief Patrick Rolston for the job. Now Rolston and the...
Spring Street developer suing commissioners, neighbors for damages
After nearly a year of scrutiny over his 97 Spring St. housing project, developer Xerxes Aghassipour is suing some of his biggest critics — public officials and his next-door neighbors — for conspiring to...
Islanders launch group to pressure Steamship reform
A newly formed group of Vineyarders frustrated with the Steamship Authority’s operations are mobilizing to call for reforms at the Island’s lifeline.
The MV SSA Citizen’s Action Group has begun gathering members to strategize how...
Hospital officials recognized for human, labor trafficking prevention
Updated, Jan. 12
Denise Schepici, president of Martha’s Vineyard Hospital, and Claire Seguin, vice president of operations, received the Healthcare Community Freedom Outreach Award at the second annual Freedom Gala for their work in preventing...
Blue Line stays despite Vineyard Haven pier repair delay
Although pier repairs at the Steamship Authority’s Vineyard Haven terminal have been delayed, a newly established Islanders-only standby line system will remain.
Worked had been planned for the terminal in the winter, but the project...
Beach access group keeps pressure on local managers
A group working to make the beaches on Martha’s Vineyard more accessible to people with disabilities made several recommendations for local officials over the past year, but they say that the response so far...
Sam Feldman, Island visionary and philanthropist, dies at 95
Family, friends, and fellow Vineyarders are remembering Island philanthropist and Chilmarker Sam Feldman as a beloved Island figure, visionary, and entrepreneur.
Feldman, who died on Wednesday at the age of 95 years, leaves an outsize...
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 spurred by climate change — stronger storms and wildfires —...
Governor opposes NOAA vessel speed zones
Update Jan. 10
Massachusetts’ top elected official is taking a stand against the proposed federal rule designed to protect the critically endangered North Atlantic right whale, noting that the rules could have a significant economic...