Petar Petyoshin, who was arrested in May for stealing $21,000 from the Davis Straits bank while brandishing a gun and claiming he had a bomb, entered the guilty plea in federal court Thursday.
Efforts to start a new, permanent home for the Island Food Pantry got a major boost this week when the Martha’s Vineyard Bank Charitable Foundation announced it was giving Island Grown Initiative $1 million for the project.
Atwood Company, a regional developer founded by private equity investor William Cumming, is putting together an application to build 64 apartments on three acres on Upper Main street, where Donaroma’s Nursery, Landscaping and Floral Design currently operates.
Gov. Maura Healey announced last week that the state has entered into an agreement with Connecticut and Rhode Island to start a coordinated effort to procure offshore wind energy.
Health officials on the Island are conducting contact tracing this week after a reported case of chickenpox at the Martha’s Vineyard Public Charter School.
About 64,000 people have taken commercial flights at the airport in the first eight months of 2023 — a figure that is already higher than the total annual commercial passengers for three of the past five years.
Both the town of Oak Bluffs and the regional high school committee believe the ongoing dispute over an artificial turf field should not go to a full trial, but the two parted ways on how the case should be resolved.
The M/V Nantucket was working the Vineyard route when tidal and wind conditions caused the ferry to hit a concrete piling at the Oak Bluffs dock on Seaview avenue Monday.
Lorna Welch filed a complaint in Dukes County Superior Court last week asking a judge to order David C. Murphy to pay for her medical care for injuries she suffered when he allegedly drove his car through the Camp Ground.
