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New GM guides the Steamship Authority through choppy water into summer.

The two-year saga of a controversial project has come to an end through the Martha’s Vineyard Commission (MVC) after a narrowly split approval greenlit the largest housing development in the Island’s history. After around three and a half hours of deliberation on Thursday, April 30, the MVC voted 6-5-1 to approve Green Villa, a 116-unit […]

Vacant stores and darkened windows on Main Street in Vineyard Haven have become not only an eyesore for all and a lost business opportunity for the Island, they have also raised a persistent question that voters put to the candidates in a forum last week as Tisbury goes to the polls on Tuesday, May 12. […]

A public hearing for the transfer of the ownership license is scheduled for May 11, but an official vote could be delayed.

The Tisbury Select Board has a new member on its roster: Constance Alexander, who won in a decisive victory during the annual town election. Throughout Tuesday, Tisbury voters went to the town’s emergency services facility on Spring Street to cast their ballots for 20 seats up for reelection, although some positions had no candidates, as […]

A familiar face has been selected to take the helm of Oak Bluffs Town Hall. The Oak Bluffs Select Board held a special meeting on Saturday morning to interview two finalists for town administrator: Wendy Brough, who’s been the acting town administrator since April 9, and James Kreidler, former town manager of Winchendon, Mass. and […]

Storefronts across Edgartown became live performance stages under a dazzlingly bright blue sky where talented Island musicians showcased their lyrical and instrumental craft. Downtown Edgartown spotlighted musicians who call the Island home at the third annual Porchfest on Saturday, who drew attention from many visitors in town from the passerby in front of Rosewater Market […]

After a father and son were detained by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) early this week, a network of Islanders are scrambling to keep them from being sent out of the state to Texas. Rogerio da Silva Lima and his son, Nycolas de Al Varenga Lima, 15, were taken into ICE custody in Woods […]

Tisbury School students marched to the sea carrying brightly-hued flowers to be thrown into the harbor from Owen Park in a longtime Island tradition to honor those who gave their lives for the country. Around 300 Tisbury students walked down Spring Street and into Main Street on Friday for the annual March to the Sea, […]

A federal judge ordered the release of the father who, alongside his son, was detained by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) early last week in a case that rattled the Island. During a hearing on Tuesday afternoon in the U.S. District Court of Massachusetts, Judge Indira Talwani ordered the release of Rogerio da Silva, […]