Oak Bluffs voters will not lack for choice in this April’s town elections, with five disparate candidates running for two selectmen’s positions. They lined up in...

A study into the mooted amalgamation of the Tisbury and Oak Bluffs police departments has concluded that a merger would produce a better standard of policing and could save the towns close...

The Martha’s Vineyard Land Bank has signed a contract to purchase 41.1 acres on Chappaquiddick, including some 900 feet of shoreline on Cape Pogue Bay.The acquisition will be added to its...

For almost a decade, the two major ferry operators in the Cape and Islands were united in trenchant opposition to Cape Wind. Suddenly though, one operator sees the wind farm as a major tourism...

When the engine on Jean Dupon’s light plane died on approach to Martha’s Vineyard Airport on Saturday night, he had two things going for him: almost 30 years’ experience as a pilot...

The thieves who broke into six homes in Edgartown over the past 10 days did not take jewelry, electronics, cash or any other valuables. They were after one thing only: prescription...

Chilmark fire chief David Norton took a little heat of a different kind on Tuesday night, as he pushed his case with selectmen for a pay raise of more than 50 per cent.Mr. Norton’s current...

Since it was signed 10 years ago, the state’s Community Preservation Act has seen more than $12 million spent on housing, historical preservation and conservation on Martha’s Vineyard....

You could summarize the plot of Laura Israel’s movie Windfall to make it sound like a David-beats-Goliath, feel-good enviroflick. A nasty power company intent on a big, new...

The Martha’s Vineyard Land Bank envisions a new campground as part of its management plan for its 234-acre Southern Woodlands Preserve. Dan Feeney, the owner of the Vineyard’s only...