The floors of the houses tend to be linoleum or older carpet, or perhaps cheap pine.

West Tisbury selectmen this week put the brakes on plans to scale back the troubled town hall renovation project.

A pedestrian walkway that stretches along the perimeter of the harbor.

Renee Balter is a celebrant of art, of Mini Cooper automobiles and especially of her adopted home town of Oak Bluffs - its downtown, its architectu

If this was a children's story, it might be titled Goldilocks Meets Billy Goat Gruff. But the story is true, however bizarre, so instead it must be titled something more straightforward, like Goats Trash Chilmark Home. And the subtitle? Only on Martha's Vineyard.

County Commission Puts Charter Study Question on Ballot in November

By JAMES KINSELLA
Gazette Senior Writer

Come November, voters in Dukes County will decide whether to launch a formal process to study and possibly change the structure of their county government.

The Dukes County Commission on Wednesday voted 6-0, with commissioner Leslie Leland absent, to place the question of a county charter study commission on the state election ballot, scheduled for Nov. 7.