The town, in partnership with the University of New Hampshire Stormwater Center, will create a larger underground basin to allow better water flow out to the sea. Work could start later this year. 

The residential exemption would lower the tax burden of West Tisbury town residents, but could result in higher bills for people who own second homes or rental properties in the town.

The purchase of an Edgartown dredge in the mid-1990s has proved to be a major money-saver for the town. This year, the Edgartown parks department estimated it saved around $18 million by using locally dredged sand to restore the dunes at South Beach.

A team of researchers from the University of Massachusetts Amherst say they have come up with a more accurate way to test deer ticks for Powassan, a rare virus that has been found in pockets around the Island.

The Donnelly house on South Beach, the last of several old fishing shacks, was demolished Thursday, another victim of the ceaseless march of the sea.

Spring of 2024 / Dressed up for Easter / With nature’s rebirth / A calm before the storm / In an election year / Like none other.

On April 9, I understand residents of Oak Bluffs will have their annual town meeting and this year it will include voting on what is affectionately known as the town-wide LIMOD zoning overlay.

Gazette chronicle: From the March 27, 1964 edition of the Vineyard Gazette by Joseph Chase Allen

I believe that the Oak Bluffs planning board recommendations for rezoning five areas of the town are not getting enough notice by the public.

Please, support the Massachusetts bills H. 3245, S. 2197 and S. 2189 that will ban traveling circuses with elephants, primates, big cats and giraffes from coming into the state. Please, contact your representatives and ask them to support these bills.

The life of a circus animal is horrific, traveling from town to town in trailers in extreme heat, in small spaces where they can’t move, chained 23 hours a day, and then brought into a tent with bright lights and screaming crowds. The threat of being hit with a bullhook or whip is constant.