News
Four-Town Refuse District Takes Initiatives to Put Financial Affairs
in Better Order
By MANDY LOCKE
Heeding their auditor's stern warnings, the...
The snow-covered pasture is a soft, white-on-white expanse curving under a cold, gray sky. Outside Pam Goff's old Chilmark barn, five black-faced,...
Oak Bluffs Home Rule Petition Inspires Hot Debate in Hearing Hastily
Convened by Legislature
By JULIA WELLS Gazette Senior Writer
BOSTON -...
Election Season Brings Contests in Four Towns
With the calendar turning to March, four of the six Island towns
have now closed their spring...
Housing Plan Hits Water Quality Snag
By JULIA WELLS
Septic discharge from the Bridge housing project could pose a
problem for neighboring wells...
Up-Island School Budget Jumps 15 Per Cent
By CHRIS BURRELL
Taxpayers in Aquinnah, Chilmark and West Tisbury will see the cost
of educating...
SSA Receives Bids for Service
Two Bidders Respond to Request for Ferry Service Proposals from New
Bedford; One Offers Year-Round Run
By JULIA...
Storm Buries Vineyard Under Tons of Snow
Northeaster Strikes on Monday, Slowing Island Life to Crawl
By MANDY LOCKE
Mother Nature showed...
MVC Begins Review of Housing Plan
Ecumenical Group Proposes 32 Units on Tisbury Land
By JULIA WELLS
Calling it a new vision for the Vineyard,...
Mac Schilcher Wins Honors on Gridiron
By JONATHAN BURKE
On June 20, Mac Schilcher, a six-foot, three-inch, 240-pound senior
who loves to hit,...
$100-Per-Hour Employee Raises Ire at High School
By CHRIS BURRELL
The full-time administrator's job pays $65,000 a year, but
when the Martha's...
Announcing his intent to retire as editor and publisher of the
Vineyard Gazette after more than 27 years at the newspaper, Richard
Reston this week...