The Edgartown select board and planning board appointed master plan steering committee member David Ignacio to the planning board in a contentious vote this week.

Thomas Moakley, the Falmouth attorney who won the Democratic primary on Sept. 3, will not have a Republican challenger in November after write-in candidate Erich Horgan failed to get enough votes.

The Martha's Vineyard Land Bank reported revenues of $409,430 for the business week ending on Friday, Sept. 6, 2024.

We have no adoptions to report this week but we have a very special pet of the week: Biscuit, a six months old, mixed breed puppy.

The stones from volcanos,
The shells from the sea,

A high flying thank you to all the people who made the 13th annual MV Wind Festival a success.

From the Sept. 13, 1988 edition of the Vineyard Gazette:
Eddie Gentle 3rd of Edgartown, a senior at the regional high school, leads the Martha's Vineyard Striped Bass and Bluefish Derby with a 15.57-pound bluefish he caught Saturday morning.

If you were visiting and shopping over Labor Day Weekend at the Agricultural Society's hall you were in for a double treat.

Dear EMTs of the Town of Tisbury, thank you for getting me to the hospital (not once, but twice) in such a quick, safe and professional manner.

Sheriff’s Meadow Foundation will begin cleaning up forest debris this week at the Phillips Preserve related to the southern pine beetle infestation.