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A year after the U.S. Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade, taking away guaranteed abortion rights for millions of Americans, Martha’s Vineyard is on...
A veterans housing project in Oak Bluffs received select board approval Tuesday and is set to welcome bids from contractors.
The Martha’s Vineyard Land Bank commission voted Monday to accept Edgartown’s offer to buy the land bank’s old headquarters on Upper Main Street for...
Law enforcement and court officials plan to meet in the coming weeks to look into the potential of starting a new Island court system to help people...
Deb Haaland, the U.S. secretary of the interior, came to the Island earlier this month and met with the chairwoman of the Wampanoag Tribe of Gay Head...
The developer of the old stone bank property in Vineyard Haven secured approvals this week for several changes he made without prior permission from...
The Harbor Homes winter homeless shelter will reopen Nov. 1 on the campus of Martha’s Vineyard Community Services, where the shelter has operated for...
An entirely new energy industry in the U.S. took a step forward earlier this month when, just 14 miles south of the Vineyard, construction started on...
Updates to the state's Title 5 regulations that were originally proposed for the Cape, South Coast and the Islands will now only go into effect on...
The Aquinnah select board voted Wednesday to appoint Adam Petkus as the town’s building inspector.
The proposed ban has been put to the state legislature several times in the past seven years and aims to halt the rentals in the name of safety.
In order to welcome customers with dogs, restaurants and coffee shops with outdoor seating must apply for the town’s new “Dog Friendly Spaces”...