In one of the hottest, driest summers in recent memory, critical drought conditions were declared late Thursday for all seven regions in the state, including Martha’s Vineyard. “The...
Bennett MacDougall stood knee-deep in the surf at Wasque on a recent Wednesday evening, casting chunks of fresh bluefish into the rip tides, aiming to hit a shoal about 100 feet from shore. He was...
Coast Guard first class petty officer Nathan Dlabaj was promoted to the rank of chief in a ceremony Friday morning. Held inside the station Menemsha boathouse, the ceremony was attended by Coast...
It’s been a bust-and-boom year for the summer rental, hotel and lodging business on the Island, after an early wave of mass cancellations shifted quickly to a last-minute flood of demand for...
Three people escaped safely from the Menemsha channel Tuesday evening after the car they were driving went off the pier near the Coast Guard boathouse and sank in the harbor. Chilmark police...
Concerned about crowding on buses, Vineyard Transit Authority drivers presented the VTA advisory board with a petition last week asking for better safety protocols, including limiting the number of...
Beneath gray skies flickering with heat lighting, Lark, a 45-foot Alden gaff cutter, was relaunched from the Gannon and Benjamin Marine Railway in Vineyard Haven Thursday afternoon. Now owned by...
West Tisbury selectmen voted Wednesday to strongly encourage the board of health to require face coverings in all downtown areas, looking to model themselves after Oak Bluffs, Edgartown and Menemsha...
In a much-watched pilot program, the Martha’s Vineyard Commission is nearly ready to begin installation of a permeable reactive barrier along the shore of the Lagoon Pond that aims to remove...
Beginning Friday, face coverings will be mandatory in Menemsha An order approved at a joint meeting of the Chilmark board of health and selectmen Tuesday makes masks mandatory throughout the village...
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