The board approved a 5 per cent residential exemption at its meeting Wednesday, allowing some of the property tax burden to shift onto owners of second homes and rental properties. 

Seasons on the Vineyard, Alex Elvin’s solo exhibition at the Martha’s Vineyard Film Center, has turned into a runaway success for the West Tisbury painter.

Virginia Jones, a highly-principled member and chairman of the town’s planning board since the mid-1980s, has died.

Former director of the Martha’s Vineyard Public Charter School, Bob Moore, died on Friday.

Nearly a hundred people gathered at the Martha’s Vineyard Regional High School on Saturday morning for a walk to raise awareness about the effects of addiction on the family and friends of those struggling with substance abuse.

Silver and green shovels struck the ground Thursday marking the beginning of construction for Meshacket Commons, an affordable housing complex off Meshacket Road in Edgartown.

Dukes County has issued a ban on outdoor open flames until Nov. 22 due to a statewide drought.

I was surprised to learn recently that the state agency that regulates the state forest is intending to push forward a plan to clear-cut 32 acres of the most mature White Pine trees in the forest.

Thank you for highlighting the Martha’s Vineyard Tick Program’s conversation with Alpha-gal Syndrome expert Dr. Scott Commins.

Chilmark

Paul J. Ginter and Trisha L. Ginter purchased 5 Meeting House Road in Chilmark from Lynn Adams Fifield for $1,500,000 on Nov. 5.

Richard Peter Kass and Sarah Kathleen Moore purchased 51 Blueberry Ridge Lane in Chilmark from 51 Blueberry Ridge Lane LLC. for $2,300,000 on Nov. 8.

Edgartown

Scott Musoff and Cindy Musoff purchased 1 Jordan Way in Edgartown from Mer-Sea LLC. for $5,300,000 on Nov. 4.