Oak Bluffs faces revenue shortfall
Oak Bluffs selectmen learned Tuesday that their town now expects to fall $336,607 short of its revenue projections at the end of the current fiscal year, on June 30, this year.
In their first meeting...
Tactical response? Island force now ready to react
A Miami convenience store robber and his criminal friends carjack a vehicle, flee to Martha's Vineyard, break into an empty Katama summer home, and begin shooting up the neighborhood.
An armed Boston bank robber hiding...
Martha’s Vineyard stimulus wish list totals $58 Million
Around Martha's Vineyard last week, town leaders paused in their attempts to find savings in their fiscal 2010 budgets to quickly put together lists of so-called shovel-ready projects that could be funded once Congress...
County jail occupancy rose in calendar ’08
An increase in the number of days inmates spent in the Dukes County Jail and House of Correction last year suggests more arrests and convictions for serious crimes on Martha's Vineyard, according to Sheriff...
Deer carcasses dumped in Edgartown
The deer hunting season ended on the last day of December, but the remnants of butchered deer now pose a dilemma for Edgartown officials.
Off Meshacket Road, just past the old landfill, a dirt road...
DMF proposes new regulations for netters, in inshore waters, even ponds
The state Division of Marine Fisheries (DMF) has proposed new regulations that would affect the use of purse seines, surface gillnets, and cast nets in Massachusetts waters for harvesting menhaden, sea herring, and mackerel.
The...
Martha’s Vineyard District Court Report
December 18, 2008
Tucker C. Smith, Chilmark; DOB 9/5/84, operating motor vehicle with suspended license and possession of Class D drug (marijuana): continued to pretrial conference.
December 22, 2008
Paul J. Sergi, Brockton; DOB 9/22/68, negligent operation...
Issue resolved with state, Sheriff’s Meadow finds issues remain over Gazette coverage
During the past six months Sheriff's Meadow found itself in the unusual position of claiming that it was the victim of unfair and inaccurate press coverage by the Vineyard Gazette. Henry Beetle Hough, the...
Sheriff’s Meadow resolves habitat issues with state
The Sheriff's Meadow Foundation (SMF) yesterday announced that the Massachusetts Natural Heritage and Endangered Species Program has approved a plan to mitigate the effects of the nonprofit organization's removal of trees and plants from...
Slavins win Chilmark homesite in lottery
Perhaps the firm kisses Dardanella (Muldaur) Slavin planted on each of her two lottery tickets before depositing them in the Chilmark affordable homesite lottery box Tuesday did the trick. Or it might have been...
DCR to clear 110 acres of pines in State Forest
The Massachusetts Department of Conservation and Recreation (DCR) announced that work would begin next week to remove dead and dying red pines from about 110 acres of the Manuel F. Correllus State Forest.
The work...
Burst sprinkler pipe floods Tisbury galleries
A pipe in a fire suppression sprinkler system at 54 Main Street burst on the evening of January 2, flooding the Simon Gallery and Louisa Gould Gallery on the first floor with a few...
New pot law poses questions on enforcement
Island police officers and courts are proceeding slowly this week to enforce a new law that decriminalizes small amounts of marijuana. In the view of some local law enforcement agencies, the new law creates...
Hospital acts quickly to stop “stomach flu” spread
A highly infectious and very unpleasant intestinal viral infection struck Martha's Vineyard like a winter blizzard over Christmas. The prevalence of the infection was severe enough that Martha's Vineyard Hospital officials, concerned about elderly...
For National Honor Society members, it’s more than grades
It took more than good grades for 43 new inductees to be selected for the regional high school's National Honor Society Chapter (NHS). In addition to scholastic achievement, the students stood out among their...
Home Port restaurant sale nears
The sale of the Home Port Restaurant in Menemsha will be completed in the first week of February, and the well known Island seafood restaurant, complete with its popular "back door" take out window,...
Edgartown closes Cape Poge to scalloping; yield is down
Edgartown selectmen, on the unanimous recommendation of the town's shellfish committee, voted to close Cape Poge to scalloping beginning tomorrow, January 9.
Several commercial fishermen attended the selectmen's hearing, opposing the recommendation to close Cape...
Superintendent’s records upkeep approved
In their first meeting of 2009 on Monday night, members of the Martha's Vineyard Regional High School District school committee resolved to do some spring housecleaning.
At last month's meeting, the school committee gave superintendent...
Home loans that don’t have to be paid back
Pre-applications for a $2 million grant program that offers substantial benefits for home improvements are due February 1. Town officials are encouraging Island residents to attend local workshops that explain the programs, how to...
Gas price decline ends on mainland, continues here
Gasoline prices remained unchanged in the latest AAA survey, ending 15 weeks of consecutive declines. according to the State House News Service. In the January 5, 2009 survey, AAA found the price of a...