Steamship Authority governors hold their monthly meeting on the Vineyard this week with a full agenda, including ongoing discussion about the Woods Hole terminal project and an update on an...

The Lagoon Pond drawbridge was back in working order Monday evening after it was closed for more than three hours, rerouting traffic and prompting an advisory to motorists from Tisbury police and the...

Yard surveys are up but so are tick populations, especially the newest species of disease-carrying arachnid to invade Martha’s Vineyard: the lone star tick. This is the post-summer report from...

Capt. Jimmy Morgan, the legendary Menemsha fisherman and one of the last of a breed of commercial draggermen that included Louis Larsen, Eric Cottle, Robert Flanders and others, died Tuesday at the...

A mosquito collected in West Tisbury has tested positive for West Nile virus, town and state public health public health officials announced Friday. The mosquito was collected from the southeast...

Chilmark selectmen submitted a bid to buy Beetlebung Farm on Friday following an executive session Thursday night, selectman Jim Malkin confirmed. Mr. Malkin declined to specify the amount of the...

With tick-borne diseases a growing matter of public health concern on Martha’s Vineyard, education and prevention are more important than ever, the state’s leading expert in infectious...

A cruise ship that became disabled off Cuttyhunk Friday afternoon was safely escorted by tug to Newport where she will undergo inspection before continuing on her voyage, the Coast Guard said. Coast...

The recent death of a Martha’s Vineyard seasonal resident with an apparent case of tularemia has sparked renewed discussion on the Island about the ongoing need for public education around tick...

An Oak Bluffs attorney easily won the Democratic nomination for Dukes County clerk of courts in the state primary Tuesday, prevailing over his opponent by more than 1,450 votes. T. George Davis beat...