Government
A new initiative to establish group housing for homeless Islanders aims to get off the ground by next spring if funding can be secured.
Tisbury selectmen voted Tuesday night to approve a three-year contract for new police chief Mark Saloio. The new chief will be paid $155,000 annually...
Oak Bluffs voters will decide next month whether to approve additional funding for a new town hall project.
Tisbury has hired the Edgartown dredge crew for an emergency job in the Tashmoo channel. Using finely-tuned teamwork, the crew makes the sand flow.
Chilmark will take steps apply to become a green community under the Massachusetts Green Communities Act.
A plan by the Dukes County sheriff to build a 140-foot emergency services tower in Oak Bluffs won unanimous approval from the Martha’s Vineyard...
A large oak tree that graces the east side of Music street near Middle Road will soon die, the West Tisbury tree warden told selectmen this week.
Oak Bluffs selectmen met in emergency session Tuesday to consider a special election to exclude the debt on the new town hall project.
Island students generally excelled in English language arts and saw lower scores in mathematics, results from state standardized tests show.
Next month, 21 Islanders in need of an income-adjusted, year-round lease will move into the new Scott’s Grove affordable housing units in West...
An invasive plant called kudzu has cropped up in West Tisbury and requires an urgent response, the town tree warden told selectmen at their meeting...
Unable to arrive at a consensus, Oak Bluffs selectmen put off a decision this week on whether to ask voters for another $1.3 million to build a new...