Results of Lead, Asbestos Testing Released

Test results for lead and asbestos at the Tisbury School were released to the public this week. The testing found elevated levels of chipping, lead-based paint in classrooms and bathrooms.

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Mill House Teardown Puts Spotlight on Historic Preservation

Nearly four months after it was razed, the historic Mill House came before the Martha’s Vineyard Commission for review late last week.

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Opponents Urge MVC to Reject Meeting House Subdivision

Even with a significantly redesigned plan, the public turned out in force again to oppose a 28-lot subdivision off Meeting House Way in Edgartown at a packed public hearing Thursday night.

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Revised Meeting House Way Development Comes Before MVC

A redesigned Meeting House Place subdivision plan is set to go before the Martha’s Vineyard Commission for a public hearing Thursday evening.

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Hutchins Forum Addresses a Country Forever Divided

Professor Henry Louis Gates Jr. opened this year’s Hutchins Forum by speaking about the past in order to draw parallels with the present state of division in American.

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Army Corps Confirms Recovery of Long-Buried World War II Bomber

A team of munitions surveyors from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers has confirmed the discovery of a World War II-vintage Helldiver buried off Chappaquiddick.

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Deer Carcass Provides Further Proof of Coyote Presence on Martha's Vineyard

A disemboweled deer fawn carcass was found late last week near the Edgartown Water Company station at Wintucket, further confirming the presence of a coyote on Martha’s Vineyard.

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Summer Air Traffic Is Up on the Vineyard

Air traffic was up and detected levels of PFAS were down in and around the Martha’s Vineyard Airport in July.

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On Day Two, the Music Delivered at Beach Road Weekend

John Fogerty took the stage on Saturday to headline the festivities at Beach Road Weekend with the same Rickenbacker guitar he used at Woodstock in 1969.

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Government Deals Setback to Vineyard Wind

A 2020 construction start date for the first phase of Vineyard Wind’s project is in jeopardy after a federal agency said it would indefinitely delay the release of an EIS.

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