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The last heath hen disappeared from Martha's Vineyard in 1932 and the species declared extinct in 1933.
The heath hen’s story of decline and extinction has become inextricably linked to Martha’s Vineyard.
The heath hen is at the center of a new effort and a new debate on the Island, as scientific advances have made de-extinction a possibility.
More than three months after the Vineyard Gazette formally asked for public records from the town of Tisbury relating to the Stop & Shop...
He was remembered this week by friends and colleagues as a distinguished Italian scholar and a man who loved the sea, where he fished, swam and...
On Island to attend a screening of the documentary about him, Barney Frank speaks about his life as a gay congressman and married man, in a...
It’s hard to imagine what justification the town of Tisbury might claim for withholding minutes of selectmen’s meetings from the public. Yet more...
It may well be a quirk of the two Islands that the people who live there care so passionately about the names of their ferries. But they do, and...
Four years ago this week, Menemsha harbor was a chaotic scene. Dark smoke from the west dock billowed out to sea and burning embers floated on the...
Chilmark offers some of the lowest rates on the Island for community events. But local groups ranging from the Martha’s Vineyard Chamber Music...
After winning four of their last five games, the Martha’s Vineyard Sharks have moved into second place in the eastern division of the league.
Bill Dreyer is the winner of the two-day 15th annual fluke tournament held last weekend at the Veterans of Foreign War Post 9261 Hall in Oak Bluffs.