They provide invaluable service to people in need, offering free air transportation for patients and their families to medical appointments off-...
Amy E. Kirkpatrick and John Petrosinelli of Oak Bluffs announce the birth of a son, John Kirkpatrick Petrosinelli, born on Sept. 8 at the Martha’s...
Juno sail boat
Harry Duane would have loved every minute of it. The late giant in the Vineyard Haven sailing community was certainly present in spirit for the 35th...
Picking hops
On Wednesday morning, the jungle of hop plants at the end of Hopps Farm Road in West Tisbury stood 20 feet high, well above Alan Northcott’s head....
Sarah Wilbur’s headstone (April 15, 1792 to March 20, 1875) is in a small graveyard with several unmarked stones just off the Vineyard Haven-...
The Oak Bluffs Community Preservation Committee is hosting an Island-wide meeting with Stuart Saginor of the Community Preservation Coalition on...
The Dukes County Commission heard this week from members of the Eastville Beach committee that they would like to disband. Eastville Beach is located...
Incumbent Cong. William Keating fought off a primary challenger Sept. 6 to secure a spot on the November ballot for ninth district, while a Plymouth...
As the Wampanoag Tribe of Gay Head (Aquinnah) presses ahead on various fronts to win the right to build a casino in Massachusetts, a federal judge in...
More than a year after an Islandwide contract with the cable television giant Comcast expired, a proposed new contract that includes service to...
fish on deck
The commercial Northeast groundfish fishery Thursday was formally declared a disaster for the coming year by the U.S. Secretary of Commerce, paving...
JT Maher, Neal Farrell and captain Caleb Nicholson, guys on a boat
Three men were rescued from the waters off Aquinnah on Monday afternoon after the boat they were in sank in heavy seas. The rescuers were three derby...

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