A new round of private well tests in an Edgartown neighborhood this week intensified the mystery for Island officials working to pinpoint the sourc

High nitrate levels found in the private wells of a few Edgartown homes off West Tisbury Road sent health officials scrambling this week - trying t

MVC Reopens Review of Housing Plan

By MANDY LOCKE

Neighbors sharpened their questions last night as the Martha's Vineyard Commission began its second look at an affordable housing project slated for the center of a densely-settled Edgartown neighborhood.

The Jenney Lane project, proposed by Island Affordable Housing Fund and South Mountain Company, calls for a cluster of 10 single-family homes just behind Pine street and Curtis Lane. The project aims to boost Island families of modest income into the ever-rising housing market.

Within the Island’s Brazilian community of more than 2,000, the panic that followed Thursday morning’s raid by federal immigration officers turned

Ten Brazilian immigrants, said to be in violation of deportation orders, left the Island yesterday morning in handcuffs - hauled away by United States Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents aboard a United States Coast Guard vessel.

East Chop residents mourned the end of an era this week, reacting to news that an old Victorian in the heart of Oak Bluffs' Highlands district may fall to a wrecking ball in the coming months.