The Steamship Authority board of governors voted Friday to hire Faststream Recruitment to conduct an executive search for the next general manager.
Starting in December, the town will charge a fee for people who want to remain on the waitlist for moorings in Lagoon Pond, said harbor master Emily deBettencourt.
The Steamship Authority is accepting entries for its 10th annual Sail into Imagination art contest for students in grades K‐12.
Four students from the Vineyard attending Falmouth Academy earned top honors at the Region V Massachusetts State Science and Engineering Fair.
The Martha’s Vineyard Commission last week began its long-delayed public hearing on Rico’s Boat Service.
The fire was caused by someone who was having a fire on the beach that later spread to the grass, said Chilmark fire Jeremy Bradshaw.
The Martha’s Vineyard Boys and Girls Club is seeking permission to build a nearly 22,000-square-foot clubhouse in Edgartown as the organization runs out of room at its current campus.
Katama Meadows, a mixed-income housing and subdivision proposal in Edgartown whose developers have a contentious past, opened what’s expected to be a lengthy public hearing before the Martha’s Vineyard Commission on Thursday night.
On Wednesday, the board interviewed Michael Gately, an Islander who has worked for a global marine infrastructure company, Tisbury harbor master Gary Kovack, and charter boat captain Kurt Peterson.
Do you still have those solar eclipse safety glasses you tucked away some time ago. You've got an opportunity to use them again, a week from tomorrow, on Saturday, March 29 early in the morning.
There will be a partial solar eclipse, possibly visible from here, in the early morning. We have to say upfront that it will be irreversably harmful of you are not using those glasses.
Only a portion of the rising morning sun will be covered by the moon, making it especially dangerous. No one should ever look directly at the sun without protective glasses. It is serious.