Government
Discouraged by a stalled quest for federal funding, the town of Oak Bluffs is now looking for other ways to dredge the sand-filled channel beneath...
With demand for affordable homesites running high and an upcoming lottery for four lots at Nab’s Corner a few days away, the Chilmark selectmen this...
The larger of two barns at the town-owned property leased by the Farm Institute has a failed roof and water has been leaking through. This week...
Following statewide funding cuts in November, the Martha’s Vineyard Shellfish Group is reassessing maintenance projects for this year and...
The town of Chilmark has again received a major grant from the office of Coastal Zone Management for the restoration of Squibnocket Beach. The $280,...
With Vibrio an ongoing concern, guidelines for handling and transporting oysters are expected to be revised again. Vineyard oyster farmers have been...
Immigrants around the country and around the Island closely followed President Obama’s speech last Thursday when he unveiled a set of actions on...
The most recent dispute between the Martha’s Vineyard Airport and the Dukes County Commission may be one step closer to resolution, following the...
Internal debate over how business should be done at the Island’s only commercial airport continued when the airport commission met for the first time...
Oak Bluffs officials stood in a semi-circle on Monday, shovels ready, to mark the beginning of a major construction project. They faced a gray...
On Cape Cod ambitious efforts are underway to remediate ponds and estuaries. And when coastal ponds decline, so do property values, the executive...
Sand mining was the talk of the town in at least four Island communities this week, as officials lined up on both sides of whether to support...
