This Week's Paper
The Tisbury building commissioner is looking for a 24 per cent increase in his department’s budget, with much of the proposed hike going to payroll including a new position for short-term rental inspections.
3:45 pm, January 9, 2025
Vineyard towns have started to wrap their arms around regulating the thousands of short-term rentals on the Island, tackling an issue that housing advocates have long said exacerbates the ongoing housing crisis.
3:11 pm, January 9, 2025
As winter weather descended on the Island this week, organizations have helped meet the needs of at-risk Islanders.
2:52 pm, January 9, 2025
The Vineyard Conservation Society is leading the way to get regulations that would initially limit the time frames that landscapers could use gas-powered leaf blowers, before instituting a ban on the gas-powered machines by 2028.
2:47 pm, January 9, 2025
Frigid temperatures didn’t deter the Island’s surfing community, which took to the water in 6-mm thick wet suits, resembling seals more than people as they paddled out in search of waves.
2:41 pm, January 9, 2025
I had a flat tire on the driver’s side. My mood immediately changed and I thought I’d cry. Then, within five minutes, two good Samaritans stopped to assist me.
1:32 pm, January 9, 2025
A full moon owl prowl takes place on Monday, Jan. 13, and will be led by Sydney Pigott, an experienced hand with owls.
1:25 pm, January 9, 2025
MVYRadio will host its next Night Out for Nonprofits on Saturday, March 22 at the P.A. Club in Oak Bluffs.
1:23 pm, January 9, 2025
Monday night's full moon will be the highest of the year. The moon, also called the Ice Moon, will be in the zodiacal constellation Gemini. It rises in the southeast at around the time of sunset.
11:44 am, January 9, 2025