Government
Faced with a shortage in the police department, selectmen voted this week to appoint former Chilmark police chief Brian Cioffi as a special officer...
Island businessman Geoff Rose, who holds the only license to grow and sell medical marijuana, has officially shown interest in obtaining a license to...
Environmental groups and state legislators are strongly opposing a plan by the Trump administration to open up North Atlantic waters to offshore oil...
Parking fees at the Martha’s Vineyard Airport will soon see a new automated system in place of the familiar envelope-on-the-windshield system that...
A tenfold increase in wastewater fees is causing friction between the Martha’s Vineyard Airport Commission and airport business park tenants, with...
In the third and final night of the annual town meeting, Tisbury voters agreed to buy property for a new town hall and fund improvements to the...
Edgartown sped through a lengthy town meeting agenda Tuesday, approving spending and a $36.8 million budget. Voters chose moments for discussion,...
Oak Bluffs voters took a first step toward banning moped rentals, signed off on a laundry list of capital improvement projects, and approved a $30.3...
West Tisbury voters spent the four-plus hours at their annual meeting carefully weighing articles, from funding for the town picnic to potential...
Voters in Edgartown, Oak Bluffs, Tisbury and West Tisbury all defeated requests to fund a share of the Island’s emergency communications center,...
After two nights of emotionally charged debate, Tisbury voters approved a plan to build a new town elementary school by a wide margin at their annual...
The Tisbury annual town meeting reconvened for a second night Wednesday with tensions running high over the $46.6 million school question.
