Ridership has declined sharply on Vineyard Transit Authority (VTA) buses this year, as the pandemic’s impact on public transit authorities nationwide trickles down to the Island.

Vaccine clinics for Island residents 65 and older began Monday after more than 1,200 appointments filled up in less than an hour Saturday.

The Steamship Authority ended 2020 with a $12.5 million operating deficit, far smaller than anticipated last spring, general manager Robert Davis told the SSA governors Tuesday.

Island health officials fielded a flurry of questions and sought to assuage concerns and confusion about the vaccine rollout at a community forum late last week.

A dormant hangar at the Martha’s Vineyard Airport is getting a new lease on life — literally — after airport commissioners voted at their monthly meeting Thursday to issue a request for proposals (RFP) to rent the aging property.

Frustrated North Water street residents sounded off on an ongoing expansion plan at the hotel that began two years ago.