Families displaced by Tisbury house fire
Updated, Nov. 26
Fire officials are investigating after a structure fire left a Vineyard Haven home in ruins on Monday afternoon, displacing two Island families.
Tisbury firefighters responded to 168 Edgartown Road shortly after receiving a...
Head of Charter School to take mainland job
After nearly eight years of leadership, the head of the Martha’s Vineyard Public Charter School will be leaving his post and moving into a teaching role off-Island.
Peter Steedman took the director position at the...
Winds of change for musicians
As longtime businesses shutter and sway amid growing wealth disparity and higher real estate prices, local musicians and residents came together to discuss the future of gathering spaces. It’s a conversation that’s been ongoing...
Hackney to step down from Vision Fellowship
The longtime executive director of the Martha’s Vineyard Vision Fellowship will be stepping down from her role. Melissa Hackney has led the Vision Fellowship for 13 years.
The Vision Fellowship board said in a statement...
Helping an island across the ocean
Smells of spicy jerk chicken, rice and peas, and mannish water soup wafted through the Island Inn event center in Oak Bluffs on Saturday evening as guests gathered for a community fundraiser to help...
Circuit Arts, M.V. Playhouse announce merger
Two arts giants on Martha’s Vineyard are poised to merge.
Leaders with Circuit Arts, an Island nonprofit that recently celebrated a quarter century, and Martha’s Vineyard Playhouse in Vineyard Haven, the longest-running professional theater company...
Driver crashes through Third World
Updated Nov. 24
The driver of a 2025 gray Toyota Tacoma drove into Third World Trading Co. at 52 Circuit Ave. on Saturday night at 7:19 pm.
The driver, 42-year-old Theodore Bennett, was placed under arrest...
Islanders helping Islanders
Volunteers bustled in and out of the Baptist Parish House in Vineyard Haven on Friday morning, carrying bags full of vegetables, sorting cans of cranberry sauce and pumpkin puree, breaking down cardboard boxes, and...
Tisbury aims to block tobacco expansion
Updated Nov. 25
Tisbury is looking to implement stricter regulations for tobacco sellers, which would prevent more shops from selling tobacco in the town.
On Nov. 18, the Tisbury board of health unanimously approved changes to...
West Tisbury boosts tax exemption to preserve homeownership
Updated, Nov. 21
The town of West Tisbury, looking to aid year-round residents and noting housing difficulties on the Island, is shifting the tax burden away from locals to seasonal residents.
The select board voted on...
Chilmark, Aquinnah begin discussion on police regionalization
Chilmark is open to working with the town of Aquinnah to support its dwindling police force, but town officials say they have their own staffing needs that will take priority.
Aquinnah Select Board members and...
Carrying on a Marine’s torch
Updated Nov. 26
Woodrow (“Woody”) Williams was a veterans’ veteran. He served in the U.S. Marine Corps as a lance corporal, and saw combat in Vietnam. He died on Veterans Day earlier this month at...
Linda Jean’s to become fast casual restaurant
A new year-round, “fast casual” restaurant is planned for what was formerly Linda Jean's Restaurant, a beloved diner-style eatery on Circuit Ave. that closed last year.
The business was sold for $4.95 million to a...
Neuroscientist honored in first off-Island Heritage Trail site
Supporters from across the region cheered as scissors snipped the commemorative ribbons in Woods Hole to celebrate Dr. James G. Townsel, a pioneering neuroscientist whose plaque has become the first off-Island addition of the...
Farm to folding table
As a golden sun illuminated the orange falling leaves, local farmers set up buckets of grocery items — from broccoli, squash and frozen meat to smoked sea salts and pasta — for Islanders to...
MVRHS pantry gets boost from Stop & Shop
With the holiday season just around the corner, Martha’s Vineyard Regional High School (MVRHS) has received a boost in its efforts to provide food to students and families in need.
On Thursday, Stop & Shop...
A new chapter for Aquinnah tribe
For the first time in nearly two decades, the Wampanoag Tribe of Gay Head (Aquinnah) will be ushering in a new head of its tribal council after the tribe’s general election on Sunday.
Fewer than...
Aquinnah voices opposition, support for high school project
Updated Nov. 18
During a tense meeting at the Aquinnah Select Board earlier this month, some town residents raised pointed questions about the cost and other issues surrounding the looming high school building project —...
A national alarm sounds on alpha-gal
Updated Nov. 19
Alpha-gal syndrome is so prevalent on the Island that restaurant menus often mark items that do not include meat or dairy with a simple “AG,” and just about everyone seems to know...
Steamship offers top manager job to external candidate
The Steamship Authority is ushering in a new era after its board decided to forgo promoting an internal candidate to lead the operation.
The Steamship Authority board gathered virtually on Thursday morning for one purpose:...