District attorney to probe finance issue at Edgartown waste plant
State Police, at the direction of the Cape & Island district attorney, are conducting what auditors called a "broad investigation" of possible fraud in the Edgartown wastewater department.
Oak Bluffs asks voters to use stabilization fund to pay bills
Oak Bluffs selectmen approved a special town meeting warrant Tuesday that asks voters to transfer $135,558 from the town's stabilization fund for unforeseen costs including library repairs, accounting services, and hazardous waste disposal this year.
Martha’s Vineyard Land Bank buys 41 acres on Chappaquiddick
The Land Bank's newest purchase on Chappaquiddick includes ponds, saltmarsh and beach front on Cape Poge.
Martha’s Vineyard population grew in last decade, Census shows
Dukes County, which includes the six towns on Martha's Vineyard and Gosnold, grew by more than 10 percent between 2000 and 2010, according to Census data released Tuesday, gaining nearly 1,548 residents. The Island's...
Fence rankles State Road, Tisbury business owners
A fence on property at 350 State Road has raised protests from neighboring business owners.
West Tisbury School’s computer education program recognized by Apple
West Tisbury School's computer education program received recognition as an Apple Exemplary Program for the 2010-11 school year at the Up-Island Regional School District (UIRSD) school committee meeting Monday night at Chilmark School.
Tisbury selectmen consider decrease in shellfish permit fee
The Tisbury selectmen will hold a public hearing at 5:30 pm, April 19, to consider an amendment in the fee schedule for non-resident family shellfish permits from $400 to $300 annually.
Martha’s Vineyard District Court Report
Paul Xavier Conroy, Edgartown; DOB 7/3/87, operating motor vehicle with suspended license for OUI, speeding: continued to pretrial conference.
Edgartown selectmen grant beer/wine license for Triangle market
Edgartown selectmen approved a year-round beer and wine license for the Edgartown Meat and Fish Market, which plans to open at a site in Post Office square, previously the location of the Hollywood Video store.
$190,000 missing from MSPCA sale; attorney Edward W. Vincent Jr. sued
A judge on March 9 froze the personal and business accounts of Edward W.
Dukes County workers in line for substantial wage hikes
Dukes County taxpayers will be asked to fund county pay hikes in the next fiscal year, even as county-funded services continue to shrink.
West Tisbury selectmen discipline chicken-eating dogs
West Tisbury selectmen at their regular meeting on March 16 took action against two dogs owned by Bruce and Laura Marshard that reportedly got loose several times over the past year and killed several chickens at Nip 'n' Tuck Farm, owned by Fred and Betsy Fisher.
The Animal Shelter of Martha’s Vineyard continues to rely on donations
As it approaches its second year of operation, the Animal Shelter of Martha's Vineyard has expanded staff, added hours, and is working toward ownership of the building and land, now the property of the Massachusetts Society for Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (MSPCA), which owned and operated the facility until May of 2009.
Edgartown Police say recent wave of break-ins tied to drugs
Edgartown Police said seven break-ins, five within the last week, had one characteristic in common.
Former probation chief busted for coke dealing
Members of the Martha's Vineyard Drug Task Force Friday arrested Milton L.
No injuries in private plane crash on State Beach, Oak Bluffs
Jean Dupon of Edgartown was at the controls of his fixed-wing, Piper single-engine airplane, on the way to Martha's Vineyard Airport from Hyannis Saturday evening, with his passenger Susan King, when the plane's engine stopped over Nantucket Sound.
Fire Partnership conducted Sunday burn in Katama
The Martha's Vineyard Prescribed Fire Partnership conducted controlled burns on Sunday, March 20 at Katama Airport and another sandplain parcel owned by the Massachusetts Department of Fisheries and Wildlife adjacent to Katama Airport, across Herring Creek Road.
Olivia Jacobs wins again at Martha’s Vineyard spelling bee
Although there were 17 hard-fought rounds, Olivia Jacobs, a Tisbury School seventh-grader, took a beeline to the top Friday morning, at the Martha's Vineyard Public Schools' annual Spelling Bee.
Volleyball competition is served up
The interscholastic volleyball season got under way Tuesday at the Tisbury and West Tisbury gymnasiums.
Sports Highlights
The Vineyard Babe Ruth Girls Softball league will hold sign ups for girls ages 8 to 11and 12 to 16 at the high school's Sancy Pachico Gym, from 10 am to 2 pm, Saturday, March 19 and from 1-3 pm, Saturday, March 26.