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Summer of Public Transit
By MANDY LOCKE
The Vineyard Transit Authority is dedicated to making it
easy to leave the car at home and ride the bus...
Leaching nitrogen from residential households remains the
single biggest threat to the water quality of Lagoon Pond,
according to a recently...
Senior managers at the Steamship Authority knew months in
advance that the starboard engine on the New Bedford passenger
ferry Schamonchi was...
Following a late-night discussion that grew cranky at times,
the Martha's Vineyard Commission voted narrowly last week to
designate a district of...
By an overwhelming margin, Raymond LaPorte was elected to the Tisbury board of selectmen Tuesday. He welcomes the challenge and speaks confidently,...
With the American lobster in short supply in Vineyard
waters, the state and federal governments are in the early
stages of considering new minimum...
A Massachusetts Land Court judge last week dismissed the central claim in a complicated property rights case that centers on an attempt by a group of...
Land Bank's Year
By MANDY LOCKE
Martha's Vineyard Land Bank revenues will fall slightly
below the $8.5 million record set in the last fiscal year...
Governor Files SSA Bill
By JULIA WELLS
Acting Gov.
This time around, the gloves are coming off. That is the word that's been quietly circulated for the last several months by spokesmen for the Down...
Revealing new details in the investigation into the March car crash that killed 18-year-old Eric MacLean, a police affidavit filed last week in...
Today, the Island's new central transfer facility is doubtless the cleanest in the country.