Island Covid Cases Continue to Abate

Island health officials reported 27 new positive cases of Covid-19 last week, bringing case counts down to pre-summer levels after an August spike.

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Vineyard Falls to Salem in Return of Fall Home Football Season

In a heart-breaking, back-and-forth football game, the Vineyarders fell 8-6 in overtime to the Salem Witches on Saturday during the first home game of the season.

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Oak Bluffs Police Officer Resigns After Drunken Driving Charges

An Oak Bluffs police officer has resigned after facing drunken driving charges from his involvement in a two-car motor vehicle accident in Tisbury on Monday.

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Harbor View Hotel Sues MVC Over Strict Conditions on Spa Expansion

The Harbor View Hotel has sued the Martha’s Vineyard Commission, challenging the conditions attached to the recent approval of an expansion to the hotel’s spa, calling them unduly onerous, irrelevant and even illegal.

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Police Release Report on Fatal Moped Accident

Chilmark police have released a report on a fatal moped accident that occurred on South Road in late August, providing harrowing details of the accident and its response. A state police accident reconstruction report remains pending.

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District Attorney Declines to Prosecute Vineyard Trust

The Cape and Islands district attorney’s office has declined to prosecute the Vineyard Trust for altering contractor quotes, according to a statement.

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Selectmen Blame State Legislators for Languishing Moped Bill

Oak Bluffs selectmen slammed the Cape and Islands state legislative delegation Tuesday over a long-stalled home rule petition to ban rental mopeds in town.

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Illegal Sewer Tie-In Caused Tisbury Wastewater System Failure

An illegal sewer connection at a Beach Road property overwhelmed a nearby town-owned pump station during last Thursday’s intense rainfall, causing hundreds of gallons of sewage to be discharged into the Vineyard Haven harbor.

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State Seaport Grants Aid Projects in Menemsha, Katama

Committees from Edgartown and Chilmark shuttled up to the state house last week and came back with nearly $300,000 in grant funding for coastal resiliency and climate change planning.

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Covid Case Counts Slow Down

With an August spike in the rearview mirror, cases of Covid-19 on Martha’s Vineyard declined for the third week in a row and vaccination rates continued to inch higher, according to weekly virus reports.

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