Browse
Accounts
A new month, a new mindset, if you let it be so. The story of winter and the offseason has come to a close, and a new one begins — of first swims, warm sunsets and fresh asparagus on the horizon.
The Martha’s Vineyard Commission is fast-tracking its review of a proposal by the Martha’s Vineyard Airport to renovate and expand the terminal in West Tisbury.
At the break of dawn on Saturday, five-year-old Aurora Lapierre reeled in a 14-inch trout at Duarte’s Pond using her rainbow striped pole and worms she had named Wormy and Squirmy.
The dead minke whale was found washed ashore on Black Point Beach in Chilmark on Sunday.
More than 60 right whales were sighted 55 miles south of the Island in an aerial survey conducted by the New England Aquarium’s Anderson Cabot Center for Ocean Life on April 23.
West Tisbury Ponders New Tax Program
May 2, 2025
The board of assessors presented a payment in lieu of taxes (PILOT) program to the select board during a select board meeting Wednesday.
Buzzards Bay Man Sentenced in Stabbing Case
April 30, 2025
Joseph Feliciano, who was accused of stabbing a man in the face last year, pleaded guilty in Dukes County Superior Court Tuesday to a charge of assault to murder.
Tisbury Man Sentenced in Break-In Spree
April 30, 2025
Eric. J. Johnson pleaded guilty to 16 various larceny and breaking and entering charges in Dukes County Superior Court. He was facing more than 91 charges in all in connection with the break-ins in the down-Island towns.
Spirit of the Vineyard Accepts Nominations
April 23, 2025
Nominations for the annual Spirit of the Vineyard are now open. The award is given annually to honor those who have volunteered for one or more nonprofit organizations on the Island.
Editor's Choice
Connect with Us
Most Popular
From the May 4 1951 edition of the Vineyard Gazette: The Gay Head Light, oldest beacon on the Vineyard, has burned on for 152 years.
Commentary
A Seafaring Legacy Thanks to Captain Bob