No Leads in Well Contamination Incident

A state and local police investigation remains ongoing after two wells at the site of a planned 20-unit rental development in Tisbury were found contaminated with motor oil last week.

Read More

Governor Airs Vaccination Schedule for All

All Massachusetts residents aged 16 and older will be eligible to receive Covid-19 vaccinations starting April 19, according to a new state timeline released Wednesday morning.

Read More

As Finances Improve, SSA Eyes Pandemic Crisis in Rear View Mirror

After enduring its first budget deficit in 58 years, the financial news was mostly good at the monthly meeting of the Steamship Authority governors held Tuesday over Zoom. Traffic and revenues are inching up.

Read More

State Police Bomb Squad Called to Chappy Saturday for Unexploded Ordnance

The discovery of unexploded ordnance at East Beach on Chappaquiddick prompted the temporary closure of beach access at the Dike Bridge.

Read More

Tribe Petitions Federal Court to Re-Hear Appeal

Attorneys for the Wampanoag tribe have asked U.S. Court of Appeals to re-hear their appeal in the legal dispute with the town of Aquinnah over building permits for the planned bingo hall.

Read More

U.S. Department of Interior Jump Starts Vineyard Wind, Approving Final EIS

The department announced that a long-awaited environmental analysis of the plan to build the first commercial-scale offshore wind farm 12 miles south of Martha’s Vineyard is complete.

Read More

Vernon Jordan Was Longtime Vineyard Visitor, Friend of the Island

The civil rights activist and Washington power broker who died Monday had been a longtime summer visitor to the Vineyard.

Read More

Herb Foster, Outgoing Islander Who Championed Veteran Causes, Dies at 93

The perpetually vibrant linguist, library trustee and World War II veteran who trained his beaming smile on everyone he knew and met, died Friday night at his home in Edgartown.

Read More

Northeast Winter Storm Lashes Island With High Winds, Sleet, Snow

The fierce northeast winter storm bearing down on New England Monday lashed the Vineyard with high winds, sleet and moderate snowfall throughout the day. The storm, which brought blizzard conditions on the mainland, saw increasing intensity by nightfall.,

Read More

Barbara Erickson, 42, Led Trustees as First Woman President

The Trustees of Reservations paid quiet tribute last week to Barbara Erickson, who had served as president and chief executive officer of the Massachusetts conservancy since 2012. Ms. Erickson died Jan. 15.

Read More

Pages