Government
The Tisbury School needs more than classrooms to properly educate and care for children, school committee member Mike Watts told town selectmen.
At a special election Wednesday, voters agreed 78-22 to exempt $440,000 from the provisions of Proposition 2 1/2.
The Martha’s Vineyard Regional High School district committee this week postponed a vote on the FY 2021 budget, amid concerns about the lack of a...
Oak Bluffs selectmen voted Tuesday to approve a tax rate of $7.44 per $1,000 of assessed valuation, a 3.25 per cent decrease.
Menemsha Pond is officially open for scalloping — despite some spirited protestations from the town administrator at a meeting of the selectmen...
Christmas has come early for Edgartown taxpayers, who will see an estimated 16 per cent decrease in their tax rate for the 2020 fiscal year.
The Massachusetts Division of Marine Fisheries (DMF) has closed the west end of Lagoon Pond to quahaugging due to high bacteria counts.
As part of a long-term grassroots effort, federal regulators recently passed legislation to protect dwindling Atlantic herring stocks.
The geomorphic processes of the Vineyard’s littoral belt are among the most varied on Earth. Meaning the Edgartown dredge has a lot of work to do.
As striped bass stocks have declined, the debate over how to best manage this prized fish has become more heated.
The only unimpeded, half-mile expanse of year-round working waterfront on the Island stretches from the Steamship Authority wharf to R.M. Packer Co.
Dukes County Commissioner Keith Chatinover will hold a series of town hall-style meetings next month.
