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This year’s election season on the Vineyard is most noticeable for what’s not happening on the Island. There are no campaign signs or tough political...
As Vineyard towns convene for annual town meetings this spring, most will be grappling with new bylaws in the face of a state law legalizing medical...
The Chilmark conservation commission voted this week to allow a house and several outbuildings dangerously close to the edge of a cliff overlooking...
They are all captains but don’t wear lifejackets. Membership in their yacht club only costs $5 a year. When a severe storm is brewing, they don’t...
The Martha’s Vineyard Land Bank reported revenues of $126,253 for the business week ending on Friday, March 29, 2013. The land bank receives its...
The Edgartown selectmen this week voted to give two commercial fishermen until Friday to pay outstanding citation fees.
Shellfish constable Paul...
Demolition of the old public works building, a new beer and wine license for Cafe Moxie and three signatures on a new cable contract for the town...
If there is a more widely recognizable on the Vineyard than the American robin, we’ve yet to hear of it. The combination of a gray back and an orange...
This is the time when voters in Island towns gather to direct their community’s public activity for the year. Hundreds of thousands of dollars will...
A thin crescent moon rises early in the morning tomorrow. The moon is in the zodiacal constellation Aquarius, a constellation we normally associate...
Ray Hopper died the day our first child was born. It wasn’t a natural death, or a peaceful death. At the time Ray was the husband of the storekeeper...
You do not need a degree in natural science to become familiar with the different ways that birds use camouflage to either evade the notice of...