The Oak Bluffs select board voted last week to adopt a 15 per cent residential tax exemption for fiscal year 2024, lowering property taxes on homes that are a person’s primary residence.

The handling of the Sankaty incident this summer has fractured the Steamship Authority’s generally unanimous board of governors, who took opposing positions at their regular meeting Tuesday morning in Falmouth.

West Tisbury residents got a chance to weigh in on a proposed bylaw to regulate short term rentals in town at a joint meeting of the planning board and short-term rental committee Monday, Nov. 27.

The Oak Bluffs board of health held off on making a decision about a moratorium that could stall plans for a new artificial turf field at the regional high school.

Martha's Vineyard magazine is seeking an experienced graphic designer with a strong background in publication design and photo editing to succeed our longtime art director, who is retiring.

Two Vineyard table tennis players competed in the North American Teams Table Tennis Championship and made it to the quarter final round.

The Edgartown board of health this week voiced its support for a moratorium on artificial turf fields that is currently under consideration in neighboring Oak Bluffs.

A Menemsha property owner who accused her neighbors of illegally cutting down more than 100 trees on her land in search of better water views won a $2.5 million settlement earlier this year. 

The Martha’s Vineyard Agricultural Society received a $61,882 grant from the state Department of Agricultural Resources this week, part of a statewide effort to promote local agriculture.

Misty Meadows Equine Learning Center has an older than average horse age than most organizations, said executive director Sarah McKay, because many of their animals come to them for retirement after reaching an age where owners can no longer care for them.