Will Sennott
The shotgun season for deer hunting opens today and runs for the next two weeks. Hunters will be out on public lands, including the state forest.
For nearly 20 years, the town of Oak Bluffs has been replacing many of the old lampposts in town, built in the 1960s.
With deer hunting season in full swing, six Island police chiefs are registering unanimous concern about the shrinking presence of environmental police on Martha’s Vineyard.
Shifting from the grounds outside the Grange Hall to inside the Agricultural Hall, frozen limeades give way to warm soups, and juicy cucumbers fade into plump squash.
The Coast Guard called off its search late Monday for three missing fishermen who were lost after their commercial scalloping vessel capsized 24 nautical miles southwest of Martha’s Vineyard Sunday afternoon.
Chilmark, the sprawling town of 19 square miles, was boiled down to the size of a classroom on Thursday morning.