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The West Tisbury Library is closed today, Wednesday, May 7 due to parking lot paving. It will re-open tomorrow, May 8 at 10 am.

I’ve made a lot of money selling real estate that could have been affordable housing...I wanted to be socially responsible and help replenish the market. I look at it like replanting trees.

On Saturday, a group of Islanders met to discuss the decrease in summer housing options.

A $3.9 million spending plan, a new capital improvement fund, relocation of the Gay Head Lighthouse, a measure to crack down on delinquent taxpayers, and a possible name change for State Road will be...

The Café Moxie building and property at 48 Main Street in Vineyard Haven has new owners who plan to open a combined restaurant and ice cream shop at the prime corner spot. William (Bill) Coggins,...

Edgartown April 29, Nature Conservancy sold Lot 32, 31 Old Farms Trail to John and Diane Crane for $650,000. April 29, Nature Conservancy sold a Beach Lot to John and Diane Crane for $650,000. May 1, Edwin...

The Martha’s Vineyard Public Charter School plans to add two new classrooms after learning it will receive a $150,000 grant from the Massachusetts Life Sciences Center to upgrade the school’s science lab. Part of...

On the suggestion of police chief Tony Bettencourt, Edgartown selectmen agreed Monday to give police the authority to check the criminal records of taxi drivers and approve or deny an individual’s license to drive...

A cooperative firefighting effort quickly put the brakes to a wind-whipped fire that broke out Sunday afternoon near the West Tisbury School playing fields.

The illegal fire erupted in a pile of wood debris and brush in the Verizon building work yard.

The Steamship Authority announced the cancellation of the Sankaty's 2:45 pm trip from Vineyard Haven to Woods Hole due to weather. A gale warning is in effect until8 pm, Sunday night. For up to date information go...

Selectmen quickly went through a long list of job and committee appointments.

To the Editor: I have viewed with interest the SSA’s plans for the Woods Hole terminal renovations. The initial proposals were all predicated on three full-sized slips and the removal of the present terminal building and...

With no electoral contests, 134 voters cast their ballots Wednesday.

The Martha’s Vineyard Commission held its eighth and final public hearing Thursday night before a packed audience. A decision is expected in June.

Due to mechanical issues, the Steamship Authority has canceled the 9:30 am boat departing from Woods Hole, and the 10:45 am departure from Vineyard Haven. All other boats are running on schedule. For more information, please...

Voters came back for a second night to get the job done.

In the course of crafting perhaps 1,500 Times editorials, Doug did his best to make sure that we were always posing the same question — what does this warrant article, or proposal, or project, or candidate, or for that matter this obituary — what does this mean for all of us, for the whole Vineyard community? Sometimes channeling his inner H.L. Mencken, sometimes E. B. White, Doug prodded and chided so we would take it all in.

The Dukes County Commissioners approved substantial increases in non-resident and resident annual over-sand vehicle permits for Norton Point Beach at their meeting on April 23, but they postponed action on the cost of day...

Edgartown selectmen Monday put out a call for residents to serve on town boards. These include the affordable housing trust, the by-ways committee, capital programs committee, conservation commission, council on aging, Katama airfield commission,...