After Search, Jewish Culture Festival Plans West Tisbury Return

The Jewish Culture Festival will be returning this summer to the same West Tisbury property as last year after briefly entertaining other locations due to town-imposed attendance limits. 

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Trustees Sue Over Gate Blocking Cape Pogue Trail

The sandy off-road vehicle trails of Chappaquiddick seem to be leading to a new destination as of late: a courtroom.

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Environmental Police Investigate Dead Alligator Found in West Tisbury

The dead gator was found on Saturday at Sepiessa Point Reservation in West Tisbury, a police spokesperson confirmed.

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Supreme Court Declines Second Vineyard Wind Petition

Last Monday, the court announced it would not take up the appeal filed by the Responsible Offshore Development Alliance, keeping a previous ruling on the 62-turbine Vineyard Wind project intact.

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Stonewall Homeowners File Appeal Over House Move Restrictions

The Chilmark conservation commission gave property owners along Stonewall Beach permission to relocate their homes and bolster the deteriorating cliff. But, upset with what they consider burdensome limits on the plan, the homeowners have filed an appeal.

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Select Board Considers Chilmark Community Center's Future

The board voted unanimously on Tuesday to have town staff start working on a request for proposals for the operations of the center in the summer of 2026. The board also voted to expand the community center advisory committee from three voting members to five. 

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Senator Floats Term Limits for Steamship Board

State Sen. Dylan Fernandes, a Democrat from Falmouth, filed a bill at the start of the legislative session that would only allow members of the ferry line’s oversight board to serve three terms.

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State Housing Committee Rules in Favor of Green Villa

A dispute over the permitting process for the large proposed Green Villa housing project in Oak Bluffs was decided by state officials in Boston late last month, though several legal questions remain. 

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Massachusetts Sues Over Trump’s Offshore Wind Executive Order

Massachusetts has joined forces with 16 other states to push back against the Trump administration’s executive order that halted the permitting of offshore wind energy projects. 

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Coast Guard May Pull Some Navigational Buoys from Vineyard Waters

A U.S. Coast Guard plan to remove hundreds of navigation buoys in the northeast, including about 20 around the Vineyard, Woods Hole and Gosnold, has raised concerns with some Island mariners. 

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