Ferries are running better than ever, but the Steamship Authority needs a management overhaul. That was the message from Vineyard SSA governor Marc Hanover to the Dukes County commission at a...

The first Vineyard baby of 2019 entered the world in dramatic fashion early Wednesday morning, in the back of a Tri-Town ambulance. Seniel Hannagan began having contractions on New Year’s Day...

With an end-of-the-year stroke of the pen, Gov. Charlie Baker signed legislation last Friday extending state and local occupancy taxes now paid by hotels to short-term rentals such as those offered...

Emily Reddington, former director of science and education at the Great Pond Foundation, has been named executive director of the Edgartown nonprofit. “It’s an incredible responsibility...

Construction of a bus turnaround in Menemsha is on hold after Chilmark selectmen agreed this week to allow time for critics to submit recommendations for alternatives. A plan to build a turnaround...

It was a mixed bag of commanding victories and tight losses in the opening week of the season for the Martha’s Vineyard Regional High School winter sports teams, but coaches echoed that their...

At a packed meeting of the Martha’s Vineyard Airport Commission Thursday, a spokesman for the state Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) gave an update on the discovery of chemical...

Facing a budget shortfall, county leaders agreed this week to seek additional funding from Island voters at annual town meetings this spring to help balance a $1.74 million budget for the coming...

The Yard is on a mission to help Vineyarders beat the winter doldrums with dance. “You don’t have to settle into the isolation that the Island inevitably demands of you,” said...

A record quahaug spawn at the Martha’s Vineyard Shellfish Group comes as a boon to Island towns this year where saltwater ponds are seeded annually as part of shellfish management programs....