Sam Feldman, Island visionary and philanthropist, dies at 95
Family, friends, and fellow Vineyarders are remembering Island philanthropist and Chilmarker Sam Feldman as a beloved Island figure, visionary, and entrepreneur.
Feldman, who died on Wednesday at the age of 95 years, leaves an outsize...
Camilla Rogers
Camilla Rogers (“Cammy”), 62, of Oak Bluffs died on Monday, Dec. 30, 2024, at her home.
She was the daughter of Sylvia (Coutinho) Rogers, and the sister of Rebecca Rogers. She was predeceased by her...
Richard N. Cohen
Richard Neysa Cohen of West Tisbury, an avid sailboater and birder, died on Dec. 25, 2024, in the company of family. He died peacefully in Bourne, following a long illness. He was 82.
Richard Neysa...
Tisbury town meeting to tackle library funding, short-term rentals
Updated Jan. 8.
Tisbury town meeting is scheduled for Tuesday, Dec. 17 and a big item on the agenda will be asking voters to borrow $4.8 million for maintenance and upgrades at the Vineyard Haven...
If not Spring Street, where?
As with my resignation from the Tisbury planning board, I have deliberated long and hard whether there would be any value to my comments on the volatile situation that is occurring at 97 Spring...
How many Vineyard Wind workers come from SE Mass? They’re not tracking that
Editor’s note: This story was published and reported by CAI, the Cape and Islands NPR Station, on Oct 28. We are co-publishing with their permission, as we believe it can enlighten our readers on...
Delayed by pandemic, Edgartown refuse district expansion advances
After years of delay during the COVID-19 pandemic, the solid waste management facility in Edgartown is back to advancing a plan that would roughly double its footprint, and result in clear-cutting 6½ acres of...
Break-ins now reported in all down-Island towns
Edgartown police have joined Vineyard Haven and Oak Bluffs in investigating a string of break-ins this month after recent calls from the Dodgers Hole neighborhood.
The department alerted the public on social media on Nov....
Ban glue traps
To the Editor:
The Glue Trap Prohibition Act, H.R. 7018 is now before Congress.
Glue traps are horrifically cruel. Animals stuck in glue traps are tortured before they die. While trying to escape, they often chew...
Airport gets $15 million for terminal renovation
A much-needed renovation of the Martha’s Vineyard Airport terminal is coming into focus thanks to a $15 million grant from the Federal Aviation Administration.
The airport’s 25-year-old, pre-9/11 terminal has never been significantly renovated, and...
Report quantifies a growing economic divide
The Martha's Vineyard Commission's latest housing assessment highlights the Island’s shortage, which has been exacerbated by the pandemic.
Vineyard supplies distributed in storm-damage South
A truck load of supplies for victims of Hurricane Helen, accumulated by Vineyard residents on Sunday and loaded into a semi trailer, arrived in South Carolina on Friday for distribution to an estimated 1,000...
West Tisbury fails to meet town meeting quorum
West Tisbury’s special town meeting planned for last night was over before it began. The meeting failed to reach a required quorum of five percent of registered voters, or 139 people.
Town clerk Tara J....
State officials grilled on homeless clearing
Naomi Higgins, in front of an auditorium full of Vineyard residents on Thursday, criticized high-ranking state officials in an emotional reproach for their clearing of a homeless encampment in the Manuel F. Correllus State...
Edgartown names interim police chief
The Edgartown Police Department has appointed Lieutenant Chris Dolby as interim Chief of Police following the retirement of former chief Bruce McNamee.
Dolby, a longtime Island resident and officer at the station, will serve as...
Vineyard football comes up short against tough Carver team
The Martha’s Vineyard Regional High School varsity football team went head-to-head with an undefeated Carver High School Crusader team on Friday, under the McCarthy stadium lights.
The highly anticipated “whiteout game” had students, families, and...
Island hospital weathering IV shortage
Hospital officials around the nation are working to preserve stocks of IV fluid as a facility that produces the country’s largest amount of fluid has been badly damaged during Hurricane Helene. Martha's Vineyard Hospital...
New Bedford longshoremen support wider strike, but they’re still on the job
Editor’s note: This story was published and reported by the New Bedford Light on Oct. 1. We are co-publishing with the Light’s permission, as we believe it can enlighten our readers on offshore wind...
One-day Rez Williams Retrospective
For 50-plus years, the late Rez Williams lived and worked as a painter on Martha's Vineyard, an Island he loved and sometimes depicted in his striking oil paintings. However, his work was never of...
Popular live music event wins local zoning ruling
A live music event on private property got a favorable ruling from a West Tisbury board on Thursday, although the Radio Farm event will likely be on hold for the off-season amid a torrent...