President Obama will return to Chilmark on vacation
We first heard about it when a friend of ours said, ‘I hear the Obamas are staying on your road this summer,’ a few weeks ago.
e-bikes take to Martha’s Vineyard roads and bike paths
Electric bicycles with a pedal-assist function are now available to rent on Island, raising new enforcement questions.
Police crack down on Norton Point beach parties
Edgartown police say they have been called to deal with drug use, underage drinking, and noise complaints from a regular Sunday afternoon beach party.
Miracle in Menemsha
Over the next 48 hours, Mr. MacLeod’s loved ones faced the cruel purgatory of praying for him to live, knowing that he might never recognize them, or live without the help of a machine, again.
Tisbury police investigate fight at Vineyard Haven SSA terminal
Tisbury police are investigating a fight that took place between two adult males during the town's street fair Tuesday night.
“There was a minor fracas on the porch of the Steamship Authority building,” Lieutenant Eerik...
Martha’s Vineyard high school student travels to Jordan to study Arabic
Martha’s Vineyard Regional High School freshman Willa Vigneault missed the last two weeks of school, but with good reason. The 15-year-old student left the Island on Monday, June 16, to travel to Amman, Jordan,...
Public meeting set for Niantic Park restoration
On Wednesday, July 16, there will be a public input meeting for the final design of the Niantic Park restoration. The meeting will begin at 6 pm at the Oak Bluffs Council on Aging....
MVC poised to review Water Street affordable housing project
The Martha’s Vineyard Commission said the proposed six-unit apartment building has regional impact.
Seeker move permit is back on track
An application for a permit to move the Seeker, the unfinished 90-foot long, 32-ton wooden scow owned by Ted Box, from its Beach Road location near Five Corners to a lot owned by Ralph...
Oak Bluffs selectmen make appointments, talk trash
In an unusually brief meeting Tuesday night, Oak Bluffs selectmen approved a laundry list of permits and reappointments and discussed improvements to the town fishing pier and possible changes to the town waste disposal...
Minimum wage hike may also benefit workers who depend on tips
On June 26, Governor Deval Patrick signed into law a measure that increases the minimum wage to $11 an hour over the next three years. Massachusetts, which enacted the first minimum wage law in...
Long holiday weekend was mostly problem free
Police reported a mostly peaceful long holiday weekend.
DPH will consider marijuana dispensary license for Dukes County
With the goal of awarding additional provisional licenses in October, the Department of Public Health will begin accepting applications from five approved medical marijuana companies to open a dispensary in one of the seven...
Seeker move stymied
Permitting hurdles have stalled a plan to move Seeker, the unfinished 90-foot long, 32-ton scow-schooner, from its Beach Road location near Five Corners to a lot owned by Ralph Packer about a quarter of...
Martha’s Vineyard court report
June 26, 2014
Liam L. McCarthy, Edgartown; DOB 11/8/91, operating motor vehicle with suspended license: to be dismissed upon payment of $100 court cost; failure to yield at an intersection: responsible, must pay $100 fine.
June...
Madeiras Cove beach closed to swimmers
Oak Bluffs health agent Shirley Fauteaux closed the beach in Madeiras Cove, near the Sailing Camp in Lagoon Pond on Tuesday, after a water sample showed higher than allowable bacteria counts.
A sample taken during...
Chilmark planning board proposes allowing accessory apartments
The Chilmark planning board is considering a draft bylaw that would allow the creation of one accessory apartment per owner-occupied lot provided the apartment is rented to affordable housing-eligible year-round residents or to family...
Pullorum testing for Ag Fair poultry available on Island
The Massachusetts Department of Agricultural Resources (MDAR) will travel to the Vineyard this month to test poultry for pullorum, a poultry disease caused by salmonella. Poultry without a pullorum-clean certificate (valid for one year)...
Airport commission legal bills soar
Martha’s Vineyard Airport Commission assistant manager Deborah Potter submitted a supplemental budget for fiscal year 2014, which ended June 30, that included $271,192 for legal services, at a combined meeting of the Martha’s Vineyard...
New shuttle aims to reduce gridlock in Menemsha
In an effort to reduce congestion and illegal parking in town and along North Road, Chilmark selectmen last week voted to provide a shuttle service that will run every 10 minutes from 5 pm until sunset between a parking lot behind the landfill off Tabor House Road to Menemsha harbor.