Community banks on Martha’s Vineyard worked at a furious pace over the last two weeks to process hundreds of loan applications for small businesses seeking financial relief during the...

Stay-at-home orders now in effect Islandwide are meant to keep people safe and slow the spread of the pandemic. But the same measures meant to protect pose an increased risk for people stuck at home...

Signs will go up, picnic tables will be removed and a 15-minute parking rule will go into effect in Menemsha this week after Chilmark selectmen heard concerns Tuesday about people congregating at...

Beth Kramer, director of the West Tisbury Library since 2007, retired at the end of March. After a national search that lasted nine months, the library board of trustees selected Alexandra Pratt,...

Staggered shifts, scaling back on arrests and social distancing, both from the public and each other, are among the new protocols that have been adopted by Island police and emergency responders...

Massachusetts Environmental Police are investigating after the remnants of a vessel washed ashore this week that was believed to have broken loose from a mooring in Hyannis harbor. Pieces of the...

All Martha’s Vineyard towns have postponed their annual town meetings and elections this year. Rescheduled dates are tentative, town administrators said, and subject to change depending to the...

The Menemsha waterfront traditionally begins to stir at this time of year. Fishermen mend their gear, sturdy work boats are back in the slips, and the Menemsha Fish House opens its doors to take in...

This week, schools around the country shut their doors leaving parents and children scrambling for routines and learning how to home school on the fly. On the Vineyard some 2,300 school children are...

Last year, the state Division of Marine Fisheries (DMF) was forced to mandate an 18 per cent reduction in the harvesting of striped bass and bluefish in response to a steep decline of the species in...