The planned departure of Mark Higgins comes less than two years after he was hired, and is right on the heels of general manager Robert Davis’s announcement that he will step down next year and take on a consulting role.
Cancellations and diversions, elusive reservations, crew shortages and the slow progress toward a new Steamship Authority website were among the top concerns expressed by some three dozen Islanders who spoke during the two-hour public forum.
Ferry travel between the Islands and Cape Cod will cost more for nearly everyone next year, after the Steamship Authority board of governors voted 3-1 Tuesday morning to approve the 2025 operating budget.
Seasons on the Vineyard, Alex Elvin’s solo exhibition at the Martha’s Vineyard Film Center, has turned into a runaway success for the West Tisbury painter.
A controversial redevelopment in Vineyard Haven is headed to the Martha’s Vineyard Commission, which voted 10-4 Thursday night to accept 97 Spring street as a development of regional impact.
A mural created by Margot Datz and Linda Carnegie in 1981 on the stairs of an Edgartown home was almost lost forever when the 19th-century building went under reconstruction.
Harbor Homes opened its annual winter shelter this month and already a dozen people, several of whom are first time visitors, have checked in for at least one overnight stay.
Commercial property owners in Tisbury will be getting bigger tax bills, after the select board voted Tuesday to shift 5 per cent of the town’s $40 million tax levy from residential to commercial real estate.
