Tisbury Approves $30 Million Budget, Money for Road Repaving

With a $55 million school decision looming, Tisbury voters turned their attention to the annual town meeting Saturday, approving $5 million in roadway spending and a bevy of smaller capital projects.

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SSA Website Live Again; No Details on Ransomware Attack

More than a week after a ransomware attack crashed Steamship Authority IT systems and communications, the ferry line announced Saturday morning that its website was back up.

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MVC Approves Inn Annex in Edgartown

A plan to expand and convert a large residence on Edgartown’s Upper Main street into a 19-room inn received unanimous approval from the Martha’s Vineyard Commission Thursday night, growing the footprint of the Edgar Inn across the street.

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Tisbury Holds Back-to-Back Town Meetings This Weekend

Tisbury voters are set to take up a hefty agenda of spending items and town bylaw changes at their annual town meeting Saturday, including millions of dollars for infrastructure improvements.

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Vineyard Trust Executive Director Resigns

Vineyard Trust executive director Funi Burdick has resigned effective immediately, after irregularities were discovered in public funding requests for restoration work at two of its flagship properties.

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Water Taxi Approved, VTA Charger Project Moves Forward

Edgartown selectmen advanced transportation projects both by land and by sea on Monday, including a new down-Island water taxi service.

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Rape Charges Follow Alleged Sexual Assault on SSA Ferry

A Dorchester man is being held in Falmouth on $25,000 cash bail after allegedly sexually assaulting a teenaged traveler on a Steamship Authority vessel as it made passage from Martha’s Vineyard to Woods Hole Monday afternoon.

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SSA Still Hobbled After Ransomware Attack

The boat line continued an inch-by-inch process of manually piecing operations back together following the attack last week that shut down its website.

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Town Halls Reopen, With Safety Measures in Place

Shuttered for nearly 15 months, Island town halls are once again swinging their doors open to the public and mulling a return to in-person public meetings.

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Town Stalls Funding for Whaling Church Restoration

Public funding for a project to repaint and restore the Old Whaling Church in Edgartown is on hold after the discovery that a work estimate from the Vineyard Trust had been altered.

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