Innovation Award

Dukes County Sheriff Robert Ogden accepted the 2024 Innovation of the Year Award from the Massachusetts Sheriff’s Association.

Steamship Settles Workplace Injury Lawsuit

Keith Maxwell, a deckhand for the Steamship Authority, came to an undisclosed agreement with the boat line on Oct. 8.

Singing Geordie Home

Musicians from around the Island and across the water bid farewell to Geordie Gude on Sunday, who died on Wednesday at his home in Chilmark.

Reality Show Set to Film in Edgartown

The Edgartown select board voted Nov. 25 to approve a filming permit for the unnamed show. The shoot is expected to take place from Dec. 6-8.

Land Bank Auctions Off Goat Herd

The Martha’s Vineyard Land Bank goat herd will be sold off for $10 a head this week after the herd became plagued with parasitic worms. 

Shrews, Not Mice, Could Be Main Source of Vineyard’s Lyme Disease

In a new study, scientists say they found more infected ticks had fed on shrews, upending the common belief that white-footed mice were the main culprits.

Memories of the Island Cup

There’s no crying in football. We beat ‘em on the Vineyard. We beat ’em on Nantucket. We almost beat ’em in Boston.

Police Arrest Man After Alleged Break-In Spree

Eric Johnson, 25, is facing about 80 charges after he was arrested at his Tisbury residence last week.

Oak Bluffs Tree Lighting Is Holiday Season Gift

Children and snowflakes alike swirled around Healey Square Saturday evening as Oak Bluffs celebrated the start of the Christmas season.

SSA Needs Change

I attended the meeting Tuesday night of the various SSA folks, held at the request of Christine Sherman Todd, chairman of the Dukes County Commissioners, at the Film Center.

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