Planning board contest, override questions top Edgartown election
Edgartown's polls will be open from 10 am to 7 pm on Thursday, April 15, at the town hall meeting room in Edgartown.
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The aroma of baked goods may return soon to Back Alley's, the popular mid-Island mainstay for hungry Islanders and visitors looking for early morning coffee and pastry or lunchtime sandwiches.
Federal panel advises Secretary Salazar to deny Cape Wind permit
Cape Wind Associates' nine-year effort to place 130 wind turbines on Horseshoe Shoal hit another bump in the regulatory road last week.
West Tisbury faces bylaw changes, $13.2 million budget
West Tisbury voters Tuesday will take up a 48-article annual town meeting warrant that veteran officials suspect may take two evenings to wade through.
SSA reports financial improvements in 2009
The national economic collapse, building since early 2007, culminated in the last quarter of 2008.
WVVY will apply for full-power license
By a bizarre combination of circumstances, West Tisbury this year is one of only 67 communities in the whole United States which the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) is offering as a location for a...
Legal snag puts West Tisbury, Housing Trust, at odds
The 250 State Road affordable housing development hit a bump in the road at the West Tisbury planning board last week, when board members balked at legal language intended to keep the homes affordable...
Islanders ignore trend, go Coakley
Singing their own tune, and doing so in splits better than two to one in four towns, Vineyard voters led the parade for state Democrat Attorney General Martha Coakley, in the race to fill the Senate seat...
Martha’s Vineyard District Court Report
January 8, 2010
Samuel G. Arruda, West Tisbury; DOB 1/10/85, assault and battery with a dangerous weapon: one year pretrial probation.
Matthew Hannigan, Edgartown; DOB 8/25/75, improper use of credit card over $250: guilty - six...
Six win Chilmark homesites
Cameron Parry is one of six Island residents whose dreams came true Tuesday. Along with five other lucky residents, he will be able to afford a home on Martha's Vineyard.
His quiet joy reflected a...
Beth Toomey to retire after 16 years as West Tisbury chief
West Tisbury police chief Beth Toomey announced last week that she will retire late in March, or early in April. Chief Toomey has spent 27 years in law enforcement, 16 of them heading the...
Vineyard aquaculture industry builds mussels
They come from a long line of fishing families. They still fish the traditional underwater troughs and canyons, with the traditional gear. But they are watching the industry struggle. As quotas are lowered, and...
Island businesses invited
The Martha's Vineyard Times has invited Island businesses to a presentation of the newspaper's new online directory features today, from 4 to 6:30 pm, in the conference room of the Mansion House in Vineyard...
Chilmark, West Tisbury sponsor free dental clinic for seniors
Vineyard Smiles, a mobile dental program of Island Health, Inc. and the Vineyard Health Care Access Program, will travel to the Up Island Council on Aging (Howes House) in West Tisbury on Friday, Jan....
Senator Reid sets swearing-in process for new senator
Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid plans to seat a new Massachusetts senator as soon as results of a January 19 special election are certified and Vice President Joseph Biden is available to administer the...
OB terminal cost rises
The cost of the Steamship Authority's (SSA) Oak Bluffs terminal project is expected to increase by approximately $500,000, due to the expense of replacing and protecting the ticket office building's foundation.
Boatline members received a...
Kerry Scott will not seek reelection in Oak Bluffs
Kerry Scott said Tuesday that she will not seek reelection to a third term as selectman. She offered her selectman colleagues at the regular meeting no explanation for her decision, but she said she...
Chilmark ballot features Prop 2.5 question
Chilmark voters who go to the polls Tuesday will be asked to exempt from the provisions of Proposition 2.5 the amounts required to pay for the bond to be issued to construct three affordable...