Plans to convert the regional high school's main athletic field to artificial turf, narrowly approved by the Martha's Vineyard Commission last month, are under scrutiny by the Oak Bluffs planning board.
A light but steady breeze and unusually placid Nantucket Sound added up to good conditions for smaller boats in the 44th George Moffett Race on Saturday.
The Tisbury town administrator pressed his select board this week to take a tough stance against the ongoing practice by Eversource of spraying herbicides beneath power line rights of way.
With hugs, rainbow walkways and a horse, Vineyard children arrived for their first true first day of school in more than two years Wednesday, returning all together to classrooms across the Island.
The new proprietors of Alley’s General Store in West Tisbury quietly reopened the famous shop Saturday morning, quickly drawing customers after a summer-long closure.
Only fully vaccinated workers will be allowed to staff town buildings in West Tisbury, following a vote by the select board Wednesday. The mandate applies to all employees, interns and volunteers at town hall, the library, Howes House, fire and police stations, public safety building and highway barn.
With the town sewer plant near capacity, two Island developers received conditional approval from the Tisbury select board Tuesday for additional wastewater flow at their proposed project sites downtown.
To capture the rippling interplay of light and waves in the waters around Martha’s Vineyard, photographer Jeanna Shepard shoots when the setting or rising sun casts a honeyed light across the sea.
