Nearly a year after its referral to the Martha’s Vineyard Commission as a development of regional impact (DRI), Safe Harbor Marinas’ plan to expand its Vineyard Haven facility received commission approval in a 9-3 vote.
The Martha’s Vineyard Land Bank is expanding and connecting its Lambert’s Cove-area properties, paying $2,020,000 this week for with 4.5 acres and a house on Ophelia Way in West Tisbury.
Weather conditions on Christmas Eve were already bad and getting worse when the Steamship Authority made the call to cancel its remaining ferries that evening, general manager Robert Davis told the SSA port council on Tuesday.
With the $5.6 million purchase last month of a third offshore service vessel (OSV) from a Louisiana firm, the Steamship Authority has another new ferry to name.
Martha’s Vineyard Regional High School administrators have made further adjustments to the school’s operating budget for fiscal year 2024, arriving at a slim 2.11 per cent increase.
Year-round Tisbury homeowners will see their property tax rates reduced by a further six per cent, after the town select board voted Wednesday afternoon to raise the town’s residential exemption.
Oak Bluffs and Tisbury will ask the state legislature to triple their towns’ embarkation fees, joining forces in a pitch to increase money collected on ferry tickets.