The curtain seems to have closed on a year-long conflict that cut into the Tisbury planning board’s ability to function at full capacity and cost the town thousands in legal fees. The disagreement ...

The Martha’s Vineyard Land Bank, founded in 1986, collects a two percent real estate transfer fee to buyers in all six towns at closing. The money is used to purchase land in order to preserve and ...

Wikimedia Commons Brazil’s President Luíz Inácio Lula da Silva, often referred to as Lula, was reelected Sunday after the electoral court announced he had 4.4 million votes (51.8 percent) over Flávio ...

Nancy Washington — a distinguished educator, passionate advocate for education, the arts, and equitable healthcare, a devoted mother, grandmother, and friend — was born on March 15, 1939. She was the ...

The only nonprofit and shelter that assists unhoused people on the Island is entering the fall season with a new shelter director and a plan as homelessness on Martha’s Vineyard continues to rise.

After a warm October weekend, 165 Islanders lined up to donate their blood at the Agricultural Hall and Morning Glory Farm for a study on the public health burden of tick-borne conditions, ...

Gary M. Williams, 73, of Edgartown died on Wednesday morning, Oct. 21, 2026, at the Martha’ Hospital. His funeral service will be private, and a complete obituary will appear in another edition of ...

One of the largest land trusts on the Island just got a little bigger. In “an historic agreement” announced Thursday, the Open Land Foundation (VOLF) handed over stewardship of all its lands to ...

With a vision to eliminate transportation hurdles for up-Island residents, Hugh Taylor is pitching a water taxi between Menemsha and New Bedford. Taylor, who leases a lot in Mememsha, presented his ...

The Steamship Authority (SSA) announced Friday that it hired its first workforce training and development manager: Simone Aguilera, a trilingual learning and training professional. According to the ...

The Tisbury Harbor Department announced Friday the completion of a $66,000 project to extend the Lake Street dinghy docks to help alleviate overcrowding in the summer months. Despite high winds, the ...

After public outcry from Falmouth, the Steamship Authority (SSA) board opted to not reinstate a general standby line. The board unanimously voted on Tuesday to keep using only the Blue Line, a standby ...