The state’s inspector general tore into the Steamship Authority leadership this week in a new report that faults the ferry line general manager and board for a lack of oversight into the millions of dollars poured into a yet-to-be produced new website.
Schlepping Around Martha’s Vineyard is a self-guided driving tour that allows individuals to explore on their own and learn more about the history of the Island.
West Tisbury residents will be asked Tuesday to vote on a variety of spending measures, including urgent repairs to the West Tisbury Public Library heating and ventilation system, and $415,000 in pay raises for town staff.
The second annual State of the Coast report released last week by The Trustees of Reservations paints a stark picture of the future for Martha’s Vineyard, Nantucket and Gosnold.
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In a letter to shellfishers dated Jan. 13, the shellfish constable said the abundance of juvenile scallops in the pond led her to close the fishery as of 4 p.m. that day.
The Martha’s Vineyard Commission has closed its public hearing on a Wellesley couple’s request to build an accessory dwelling on their property in Chilmark.
On Jan. 8, Maj(s) Evan Patrick McCarthy, USSF, and his wife, Elizabeth Clare McCarthy (née Leader), welcomed their son Teague Daniel Patrick McCarthy into their family.
Shelby Wortz and Charles Wortz, of Oak Bluffs, announce the birth of a son, Arthur William Wortz, born on Jan. 14 at the Martha’s Vineyard Hospital.
Commentary
It was one of those late Indian summer days in early November and I was in my canoe, the one that cannot sink, on Forest Lake near the Canadian border waiting for some ducks to come in.
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