The Oak Bluffs select board adopted a tax rate of $5.21 per every $1,000 of assessed property value for fiscal year 2023, continuing a years-long trend of cutting property tax rates in town.

The company behind a large commercial wind farm planned for south of Martha’s Vineyard has requested to pull its project contracts, citing rising construction costs and an inability to renegotiate pricing.

A Mexican "fast food" restaurant with 70 outdoor seats and an outdoor bar is being proposed for the Stone Bank development in Vineyard Haven.

Tisbury is sending its proposed new waterways regulations back to the committee that drafted them earlier this year.

The Edgartown Patrolman's Association hosted a senior dinner at the Edgartown School Saturday, Dec. 17.

The Trustees of Reservations will not renew their contract to manage Norton Point, after leadership said Friday that the non-profit land conservancy would relinquish control of the dynamic, two-mile beach.

Winter arrives on Wednesday at 4:48 p.m. There is not a day in the year here with less sunlight. The weather in the last two months has certainly pointed us to this day. The temperatures is already seasonally colder than we are used to in recent years. And we've already seen snow.

Take a step outside tonight to enjoy this astronomical event, as well as a likely meteorological night.

Tisbury and Oak Bluffs are gearing up for expansions to their aging wastewater facilities, as officials root out illegal sewer hookups and seek nitrogen mitigation methods.

Nearly one month after the Rockland Trust robbery, police have arrested three suspects. It's possible none of them would be in custody without the timely passing of a VTA bus on the morning of Nov. 17.

My wife Susan and I are currently in Amsterdam, visiting friends and celebrating the Christmas and Hanukkah seasons.