Appeals Court Sides With VCS Over Aquinnah Land Dispute

Appeals court judges affirmed a Dukes County Superior Court judge’s opinion that Vineyard Conservation Society is the rightful owner of the parcel off Moshup Trail that once belonged to Louisa Devine.

In New Play, Amy Brenneman Tells Her Own Story — and Her Child's

Well known for the compelling characters she portrays on television, Amy Brenneman appeared in her new play Overcome as herself: a working mother and wife, raising a child with special needs.

Museum and Aquila MV Form Cafe Partnership

The Martha’s Vineyard Museum has partnered with Aquila MV to take over operations of the First Light Cafe at the museum.

Cape Bridges Get $350 Million for Replacement

The plan to build two new spans across the Cape Cod Canal has now amassed about $722 million, and the state Department of Transportation and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers have a pending $1 billion grant application to the federal government. 

Trains, Resorts and Big Ideas; the Rise of the Tourist Industry

Vineyarders were taken back in time on Thursday, to the late 1800s and the end of Edgartown’s whaling industry, when town leaders were trying to come up with ideas to revive the moribund Edgartown waterfront.

Vineyarder to Run for State Representative Seat

Arielle Faria, a project manager at Island Housing Trust, said this week that she will run for the state representative seat currently held by state Rep. Dylan Fernandes, who will be running for state senate.

Tisbury Approves New Taxi Company

The Tisbury select board voted 2-1 this week to license Vineyard Sharks Taxi, the first new cab company in years.

Setting the Record Straight

There has been a great deal of misinformation that has appeared in the media and online concerning the lease for 20 Airport Road on which Animal Health Care (AHC) is currently located.

Venus and Saturn

For those up early enough in the morning, take a look low in the eastern sky before dawn. The brilliant planet Venus appears close to the much more distant Saturn. The two are in the zodiacal constellation Aquarius. Venus is always the easiest planet to see. Fainter, Saturn takes a bit more effort. The two will be closest on the morning of Thursday, March 21, two days after the first day of spring.

Take your time and look to the right of Venus and you'll find the red planet Mars, also in Aquarius, but slightly higher in the East, thus easier to see.

Moon and Regulus

Fifty Years of Unfolding History at the MVC

In 1972, the Vineyard was largely undeveloped, a quiet place with a scattering of mostly modest summer homes. The natural landscape was unspoiled with broad, open vistas to the sea. There was no zoning except for small areas in the town centers.

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