West Tisbury Stays Put on Town Quorum

West Tisbury officials this week declined to take action on lowering the town meeting quorum and instead vowed to renew efforts to get voters out to the annual legislative gathering.

Trustees Lay Off One on Martha's Vineyard

The Trustees of Reservations announced Wednesday that it will be laying off 10 per cent off its staff statewide, including one staff member on the Vineyard.

Free Dental Cleanings for Islanders

A portable dental service will offer free teeth cleanings to Island adults during select dates in February and April.

Vineyard Gazette Media Group Names New Publisher

Monica Brady-Myerov, a journalist and digital entrepreneur, will take the reins of the media group effective March 11, succeeding Jane Seagrave, who is retiring after more than a dozen years with the publishing company.

Whale Carcass Towed to Tribal Land for Further Study

The journey to Aquinnah was two-fold: a tow by sea to the Martha’s Vineyard Shipyard in Vineyard Haven, and then a land transport up-Island.

Aquinnah Takes Aim at Algae Invader

Its scientific name is Codium fragile, but for many beachcombers across the Island the invasive macroalgae goes by a more ominous title: dead man’s fingers.

Vineyard Artist's Work Chosen for Black History Month Stamp

This year’s Black History Month stamp, honoring judge Constance Baker Motley, is the work of an acclaimed Vineyard artist who divides his time between the Island and Atlanta.

Can We Talk About Managed Retreat?

Three bad storms, back-to-back. Severe erosion. Major flooding. It’s time to start talking about managed retreat from the coast.

A Voice for Nature

This letter of disgust and despair has been stewing since last May, when the site of the proposed nursing home in Edgartown on the Edgartown/Vineyard Haven Road was clear cut seemingly overnight. Recently, an article in the Martha’s Vineyard Times praising trees and an article in the Vineyard Gazette reporting on perhaps a forward motion on that butchered Edgartown property, has prompted me to ask: Why did the people involved with that project begin it so terribly? Why were they allowed to?

Dune Breach

After the storms of the past month I would like to comment on the general destruction at Squibnocket beach. The issues neatly divide into two, the turn around at the end of the town road and the breach of the dune just west of there.

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