Three environmental and animal rights organizations went to court against the federal government last week, claiming that agencies charged with protecting North Atlantic right whales have failed to...

Many Islanders were in mourning this week after a regional high school senior was killed last Friday in an early morning car accident in Chilmark. Jake S. Baird, 17, of Oak Bluffs, died from...

A long-planned replacement of the World War II-era airplane hangar at Katama Airfield is slated to come before Edgartown voters this spring as the town takes a new direction in managing the grass...

Edgartown selectmen approved a new utility pole and made appointments at a brief meeting Tuesday. Selectmen approved 53 feet of conduit from an existing pole at 108 Pease’s Point Way North...

A regional high school senior was killed early Friday morning in a single-car car crash in Chilmark. Jake S. Baird, 17, of Oak Bluffs, died from injuries sustained when the Chevrolet Blazer he was...

The Steamship Authority website was back up and running Thursday evening after being down for most of the opening day for coveted summer car reservations, sparking a flurry of emails and social media...

Two bidders are in the running to renovate and lease the Yellow House on Main street in Edgartown, with both groups proposing to turn the rundown property into retail space and rental units....

With a search now under way for a new police chief in Edgartown, tension inside the department has bubbled to the surface in a town that has long prided itself on having relatively few internal...

With the new chief on duty and a line of firefighters cheering him on, former Edgartown fire chief Peter Shemeth rode off into retirement Monday evening — in a ladder truck. Moments earlier, a...

Edgartown is beginning its formal search for a new police chief, following the abrupt retirement of the former chief for medical reasons. “Anyone can apply,” selectman and board chairman...