The Wampanoag Tribe of Gay Head (Aquinnah) is asking the U.S. Court of Appeals First Circuit to reverse last year’s ruling by a U.S. District Court judge who said the tribe must obtain local...

Buried deep in the Oak Bluffs annual town report is a line item called the ambulance reserve fund. For much of the past decade, the fund has held hundreds of thousands of dollars for the town,...

Digging up over ten millennia of mud from the region’s lakes and Great Ponds, a team of scientists have found that native people in coastal New England rarely used forest fires for agriculture...

Every two years, the Martha’s Vineyard Commission is required to review its checklist of developments — from historic demolitions to commercial storefronts to large subdivisions —...

Aquinnah selectmen are interested in renting out the historic Manning property situated just below the Gay Head Light, with an eye on potentially bringing the former snack bar back to life. In a...

Encumbered by hefty legal fees, the Martha’s Vineyard Commission approved a $1.7 million budget for the 2021 fiscal year at its meeting Thursday night, leading to a 12 per cent increase in town...

Meeting behind closed doors over a period of months beginning last summer, the Oak Bluffs selectmen were deeply torn over whether to fire John Rose for inappropriate behavior and lying about it,...

Under pressure to clarify the status of fire chief John Rose following recent disclosures of FBI inquiry into ambulance billing practices and a settlement involving sexual harassment claims against...


Less than a month into the calving season, four baby North Atlantic right whales have already been spotted off the coast of Florida and Georgia. Although the calves offer a glimmer of hope for the...

The town of Oak Bluffs has settled sexual harassment and discrimination claims against its fire chief John Rose, agreeing to pay former fire department administrator Cynthia Hatt $97,500 and...