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• » News Update: Wednesday, Feb. 8
  Dukes County Manager Russell Smith Announces Resignation
• » News Update: Wednesday, Feb. 8
  Boys' Basketball Wins Eastern Athletic Conference
• » News Update: Wednesday, Feb. 8
  Town Electons Will Serve as Roundabout Referendum   1 comment
• » News Update: Tuesday, Feb. 7
  Edgartown Wastewater Superintendent Resigns
• » News Update: Tuesday, Feb. 7
  Oak Bluffs Wastewater Board Backtracks on Eliminating Manager Position
• » News Update: Tuesday, Feb. 7
  Interim Town Administrator Makes It Permanent
• » News Update: Saturday, Feb. 4
  Feds Favor Area South of Vineyard for Offshore Wind Development   3 comments
• » News Update: Tuesday, Feb. 7
  Conflict of Interest Could Delay Vote on Supermarket Solar Array   2 comments
• » News Update: Friday, Feb. 3
  Commission Troubled by Public Silence on Cronig's Solar Plan   8 comments
• » Trouble in Two Towns: Wastewater Plant Manager's Future Uncertain
  Joseph Alosso, Subject of Investigation in Edgartown, Placed on Paid Leave   1 comment
• » Trouble in Two Towns: Wastewater Plant Manager's Future Uncertain
  Joe Alosso Ousted in Oak Bluffs – For Now   1 comment
• » Tisbury Man Charged With Child Assault   6 comments
• » State Offers Big Loan for Small Fishermen
• » It May Be G’Day, Governor For Motley, Much-Traveled Ferry   4 comments
• » Young Island Artists Win Prestigious Awards

• » News Update: Thursday, Feb. 2
  Tisbury Man Arrested for Indecent Assault on Child
• » News Update: Thursday, Feb. 2
  West Tisbury Selectmen Vote Two Dogs off Island for Killing Livestock
• » News Update: Wednesday, Feb. 1
  Tisbury Police Thwart Theft of 1,000-Pound Sailboat Keel   2 comments
• » News Update: Tuesday, Jan. 31
  M/V Governor Facing Retirement, Says SSA   2 comments
• » News Update: Tuesday, Jan. 31
  Criticized for 'Reckless Disregard' of Taxpayers, Edgartown Wastewater Plant Manager Placed on Paid Leave   2 comments
• » News Update: Tuesday, Jan. 31
  Search for New Oak Bluffs Town Administrator Nears End
• » News Update: Saturday, Jan. 28
  Oak Bluffs Wastewater Commission Ousts Plant Manager Joe Alosso   1 comment
• » Big Tax Jump Seen for Chilmark   2 comments
• » Vineyard Haven: Sights and Sounds of a Town Awakening   5 comments
• » Preseason Fish Report Card Reveals Mostly Good Students
• » Aquinnah Woman Dies in Winter Storm
• » Roundabout Saga Takes a Turn As Island Towns Drop Lawsuit   1 comment
• » The End: Edgartown Books To Close After Ten-Year Run
• » Complaints Prompt Second Look at Goodale's Storage Silo   3 comments

• » News Update: Wednesday, Jan. 25
  Vandals Target Vineyard Haven Scalloping Boats
• » News Update: Wednesday, Jan. 25
  Sultans of Swing Singer Heads to American Idol   2 comments
• » News Update: Monday, Jan. 23
  Too Costly and Unlikely to Yield Results, Roundabout Lawsuit is Dropped   4 comments
• » News Update: Monday, Jan. 23
  Edgartown Attorney Offers To Resign Amid Controversy   3 comments
• » News Update: Monday, Jan. 23
  Aquinnah Woman Dead After Weekend Snowstorm   1 comment
• » News Update: Friday, Jan. 20
  Edgartown Books Will Close   8 comments
• » News Update: Friday, Jan. 20
  West Tisbury Will Vote on Roundabout Issue at Town Election   1 comment
• » News Update: Friday, Jan. 20
  Occupy Protestors Gather at Courthouse   3 comments
• » Oak Bluffs Delivers Tax Bills; News is Mixed for Homeowners
• » Breach Narrows At Norton Point, May Close This Year
• » Shot or Frozen, Ring-Necked Pheasants Find Island a Tough Go   1 comment
• » Girls’ Hockey Is Sam Sherman’s Legacy   1 comment
• » From Ragamuffin to Power Broker, Bob Carroll Is Still Carrying on at the Top   6 comments
• » To Dredge or Not to Dredge? West Tisbury Mulls Options for Scenic Mill Pond

• » News Update: Thursday, Jan. 19
  West Tisbury Sets Sights on Trash Eyesore   3 comments
• » News Update: Thursday, Jan. 19
  Exotic Pheasants Turn up on Vineyard—But Why?
• » News Update: Tuesday, Jan. 17
  Chilmark Barn House Added to Historic Registry
• » News Update: Monday, Jan. 16
  Edgartown Flight Instructor Killed in Cape Cod Plane Crash
• » Charter School Girl’s
  Hockey Bid Exposes Long-Standing Barriers
• » Chris Baer's High School Students See the World Through a Lens   2 comments
• » View From Washington: Congressman Describes Government in Turmoil   3 comments
• » Primary Care Access
  Promised for Island Vets
• » Comcast Under Pressure from All Sides to Provide Service to Chappaquiddick   1 comment
• » Integrity in the Kitchen Begins at Home   1 comment
• » Lingering Long Near Vineyard Proves Lethal for Sea Turtles

• » News Update: Wednesday, Jan. 11
  Tisbury Pulls Out of Comcast Negotiations
• » News Update: Tuesday, Jan. 10
  West Tisbury Town Father, Fisherman John Mayhew Dies   1 comment
• » News Update: Sunday, Jan. 8
  On the Hunt for Elusive Otter Sightings
• » News Update: Saturday, Jan. 7
  New Oak Bluffs Venue Hearkens Back to Past   5 comments
• » Chilmark Planning Board
  Takes Up Controversy:
  Regulating Big Houses   8 comments
• » Tea Lane Looking for Prince Farming
• » Environmental Group Files
  Lawsuit Over Bluefin Tuna Fishing Policy
• » Winter Forecast on the Island:
  Possible Moth Invasion?   2 comments
• » From Island Cabinetmaker To International Wind Mogul   1 comment
• » Lawmakers Press Comcast to extend service to Chappy

• » News Update: Wednesday, Jan. 4
  Island Welcomes First Baby of the New Year
• » News Update: Tuesday, Jan. 3
  Arthur Dickson, 88, Was Life-Long Vineyarder
• » News Update: Sunday, Jan. 1
  New Year's Blaze Engulfs Oak Bluffs Home   1 comment
• » 2011: A Year That Was Marked by Tumult, Change and Revival
• » 2011 in Weather: Unusually Warm December Punctuated a Delightful Year
• » Cape Wind Clears Hurdle to Nantucket Sound Wind Project   1 comment
• » Comcast Talks Continue But Edgartown Stays Away
• » Thimble Farm Owner Remains Committed, Wants Concrete Plans For Property Sale

• » As Wastewater Inquiry Ends, Felony Charges Sought   3 comments
• » Edgartown Exits Comcast Talks, Demand for Chappy Service Unsettled   6 comments
• » Disappearing Eelgrass Called Canary In Declining Salt Ponds   2 comments
• » Chilmark Selectmen Wonder, Is Estuaries Study Worth It?   1 comment
• » Mackerel Are Jumping, Herring Too   2 comments
• » Light of Christmas Assures Hope Amidst the Darkness

• » News Update: Thursday, Dec. 22
  SSA Freight and Lobster Boat Collide
• » News Update: Wednesday, Dec. 21
  SSA Searches for Missing Whistle, Debates Suing Longtime Employee
• » News Update: Tuesday, Dec. 20
  Up-Island Schools Opt out of Chartwells, Will Make Own Food
• » News Update: Monday, Dec. 19
  Charges Expected in Edgartown Wastewater Fraud Investigation
• » Faced With Shortage, Big Brothers Big Sisters Appeals for Volunteers
• » Rural Scholars Study: As Island Elderly Population Grows, So Will Health Needs
• » West Tisbury Takes Ownership of Field Gallery   3 comments
• » Headed to Zucotti Park (Again), Mas Kimball Packs His Ideals   2 comments
• » Recovering From Injury, Athlete Discovers His True Personal Best   3 comments
• » Up-Island School Committee Tables Call to Wrest Cafeteria Control from Chartwells

• » News Update: Wednesday, Dec. 14
  Lights Out for Menemsha Cafe: Up-Island Favorite To Close   3 comments
• » News Update: Monday, Dec. 12
  Edgartown Appoints First Poet Laureate   3 comments
• » News Update: Monday, Dec. 12
  Teen Center Opens at YMCA   1 comment
• » Estuaries Study Finds Lagoon Pond Significantly Impaired   2 comments
• » Preservation Trust Will Explore Taking Over Carnegie Library Building in Edgartown
• » Businessmen Aim for Revival Of Nathan Mayhew Seminars   2 comments
• » Aquinnah Firefighters Facing Critical Shortage, Loss of Chief
• » Edgartown Decks Hall and Floats For 30th Annual Christmas Celebration
• » Cue the Lights For Playwright Lydia Diamond

• » Funeral Services This Week for Longtime Red Stocking Treasurer
• » News Update: Tuesday, Dec. 6
  Edgartown Library Director To Resign   2 comments
• » News Update: Tuesday, Dec. 6
  Coast Guard Boathouse Still Too Large, Say Selectmen   1 comment
• » News Update: Tuesday, Dec. 6
  High School Committee Approves $16.9 Million Budget   1 comment
• » News Update: Monday, Dec. 5
  Edgartown Will Host Year-End Fireworks
• » News Update: Sunday, Dec. 4
  Longtime Red Stocking Treasurer Dies at 68
• » Renowned British Architect, Arts Publisher Acquire Blue Heron Farm for $21.9 Million   5 comments
• » As MVC Considers Regulating Large Houses, Builders Cry Foul   7 comments
• » A.G. Faults Hurricane Models for Inflating Homeowner Insurance Rates   1 comment
• » Composting Toilets Pitched As Better Than Sewers for Protecting Ponds
• » Budget for High School Would Boost Spending by 1.85 Percent

• » British Architect, Arts Publisher Acquire Blue Heron Farm for $21.9 Million
• » Cape and Islands Lawmakers Blast Casino Bill   1 comment
• » Turbine Goes Up, Electric Bill Down at Allen Farm in Chilmark
• » 20 Years Later, Victim Speaks   7 comments
• » For Art Dabbler, Saks Windows Are a Specialty
• » Small Business Saturday Is the New Black Friday
• » Vineyard Victorious: Island Cup Stays at Home

• » News Update: Monday, Nov. 21
  Wind Turbine Goes Up at Allen Farm   12 comments
• » News Update: Saturday, Nov. 19
  Vineyard Tops Nantucket in Battle for Island Cup
• » West Tisbury, Edgartown Will Go to Court to Block Decision on Roundabout   1 comment
• » West Tisbury Voters Ban Dogs at Lambert’s Cove Beach
• » Wastewater Project Addresses Drugs that Linger Long After they are Flushed
• » High Heating Costs To Hit Hard, Island Families Seek Relief   1 comment
• » Citizens Organize to Save View from Tashmoo Overlook   1 comment
• » Undaunted by the Numbers, Vineyarders Head to Nantucket to Defend the Island Cup
• » Naturalist, Artist, Seaweed Lady, Rose Treat Leaves Lasting Legacy   4 comments

• » News Update: Wednesday, Nov. 16
  West Tisbury Joins Legal Fight to Block Roundabout   1 comment
• » News Update: Wednesday, Nov. 16
  Dukes County Avenue To Become One-Way Road
• » News Update, Tuesday, Nov. 15
  Leatherback Turtle Washes Up on South Beach
• » News Update: Monday, Nov. 14
  Edgartown Will Try to Block Roundabout in Court   6 comments
• » News Update: Tuesday, Nov. 15
  Voters Reluctantly Agree: No Dogs at Lambert's Cove in Summer   1 comment
• » Lobster Decline Leads Fisheries Discussion; Commission Votes to Curb Menhaden Harvest
• » A Main Street Staple for 28 Years, Bramhall & Dunn to Close   5 comments
• » Edgartown Attorney Sentenced to Community Service   3 comments
• » On Point for Living and Dead, Veterans Agent Jo Ann Murphy Meets Multiple Needs   1 comment
• » Deprived of Clinic Here, Vets Speak Out on Frustrations of Off-Island Treatment   3 comments
• » Rural Service, MVTV Funding Top Negotiations With Comcast
• » Rep. Keating Relocates to Cape Amid Redistricting Shuffle
• » Full Heart and Hearty Appetite Exemplified Coasties’ Best Friend   2 comments

• » News Update: Wednesday, Nov. 9
  Oak Bluffs Pares Budget, Deficit Healing Begins
• » Island Gets New Congressional District; Keating to Move Residency to Cape
• » News Update: Sunday, Nov. 6
  Cause of Boat Yard Fire Accidental
• » News Update, Saturday, Nov. 5
  Firefighters Contain Large Boat Shed Fire at Maciel Marine
• » News Update: Friday, Nov. 4
  Edgartown Attorney Pleads to Two Larceny Charges   7 comments
• » MVC Upholds Roundabout Approval; Vote to Rescind Fails   2 comments
• » Supreme Court Begins Inquiry On Drunk Driving Acquittals
• » Beer and Wine Critics Say Not So Fast for West Tisbury
• » School Superintendent Defends Five Per Cent Jump in Budget
• » Study Shows Lyme Disease More Prevalent Than Reported   3 comments
• » Commercial Scallop Season Begins
• » TV’s Dr. Oz Makes Island House Call

• » News Update: Wednesday, Nov. 2
  Edgartown Approves Cell Antennas, Capt. Warren House Appraisal   1 comment
• » News Update: Thursday, Nov. 3
  MVC Roundabout Decision Stands
• » News Update: Wednesday, Nov. 2
  High Court Ruling Casts Doubt on Cape Wind
• » News Update: Wednesday, Nov. 2
  Fishermen Spared Cost of Monitors at Sea
• » Drunk Driving Drops Sharply On the Island, Statistics Show   1 comment
• » Early Morning Fire Destroys Vineyard Haven Home
• » Silence on Roundabout, MVC Director Warns Commissioners   5 comments
• » Town Scrambles to Save Summer Fireworks
• » Keep the Character, Chilmarkers Remind Coast Guard Brass
• » Fatal Stabbing Case Moves to Superior Court   1 comment
• » Dolly Campbell Says Goodbye to Chicken Alley Thrift Shop After 15 Years of Service
• » Land Bank Adds to Aquinnah Headlands
• » Broom or Claw, William Street Calls Them All
• » Lyme Disease Study Aims At Better Understanding Pervasive Illness Here
• » News Update: Storm Blows Through, Worst Felt Elsewhere

• » Firemen Decide to End Popular Summer Fireworks   2 comments
• » MVC Member Presses: Reconsider Roundabout   12 comments
• » No Quorum: Edgartown to Try Again Next Week
• » Occupy Protest Finds a Home On the Vineyard   6 comments
• » In Farm Shuffle, Whippoorwill Will Return to Old County Road with its CSA Program
• » More Striped Bass Spawn in Chesapeake, Offering Hope for Rising Stocks Here   2 comments
• » Tribe Allows Use of Hatchery For Winter Flounder Project
• » Schools Opt Out, Fourth Grade Theatre Project Goes Dark   2 comments
• » Prisoner Found on Ferry After Mistaken Release From County Jail   1 comment
• » Vineyard Transit Authority Ridership Hits Record Numbers   2 comments

• » News Update: Tuesday, Oct. 18
  Whippoorwill Farm to Relocate   2 comments
• » Continental Shelf Is New Frontier   1 comment
• » Roaming Rooster Saga Ends With One Cushy Gig   3 comments
• » Derby Winners: Steve Morris, Richard Penney
• » MVTV Sees Changes at Top, Presses Ahead for Expansion
• » MVC Backs Roundabout, Seven to Six   1 comment
• » Fish Miss the Boat: Derby Statistics Reveal Small Showing at the Poles   1 comment
• » Well-Versed in Creative Living, Dan Waters to Receive Award

• » MVC Approves Roundabout by One Vote   6 comments
• » State of Fisheries: Lawmakers Dubious   2 comments
• » Last Groundfisherman Speaks Out   2 comments
• » Deed Restricted for a Farming Future
• » Draft Boathouse Designs Fall Flat   1 comment
• » Offshore Hurricane Stirs Sound, Disappointing Derby Fishermen
• » Muppets Choose Vineyard Family For New Special   2 comments

• » News Update: Monday, October 3
  Weekend Derby Results: Leaderboard Changes in Three Categories
• » State Health Reform Law Will Save Towns Money But Cost Workers More
• » Living Local Harvest Festival Is Nod to Past, Hope for Future
• » Bail Set for Vineyard Haven Man Charged With Assault and Rape
• » October Brings Opening of Scallop Season
• » Parabolic Solar Collector: A Test of Something New Under the Sun   1 comment
• » Sengekontacket Stays Closed for Clamming
• » Chilmark Looks to Plan C for Tea Lane Farm House
• » Go Fish, Then See Fish Go to Elderly: Derby Donations Benefit Seniors   2 comments

• » Island Mourns Loss of Chilmark’s Basil Welch
• » Chilmark Postpones Vote to Renovate Farm House
• » In Mixed Results, Students’ MCAS Scores Rise Yet Miss Some State and Federal Targets
• » Island Leaders Fight to Restore Personal Social Security Help
• » Wounded Veteran Reels in Heroic Fish in Special Derby Event
• » State of the Birds: Natives Down, Washashores Up
• » Steamship Authority to Open Airport Counter for Reservations
• » Just Outside Historic District, Bungalow Set for Tear-Down   1 comment
• » No License, No Derby: Officials Toe Line on Saltwater Permits   1 comment

• » Permit Problem Sees Fish Disqualified from Derby
• » Service for Juliet Burkett on Friday
• » News Update: Sunday, September 18
  Young Anglers Brave the Breeze
• » News Update: Tuesday, September 20
  Island MCAS Scores: Top Awards and Missed Marks   1 comment
• » Deficit Spending in Oak Bluffs Tracked Back Three Fiscal Years   2 comments
• » Atlantic Mackerel Can’t Stand Heat in Our Waters   1 comment
• » Chilmark’s First Affordable Homes Await Tricycles, Finishing Touches
• » Fishing Derby Welcomes Veterans, Kids
• » 90 Candles Beget $90,000 for Boys’ And Girls’ Club   1 comment
• » Tribe Aims to Use Federal Grant To Combat Illness With Wellness

• » Algae Harmful to Shellfish Found in Sengekontacket
• » News Update: Wednesday, September 14
  Court Acquits Man in Assault Case
• » Seniors Protest Oak Bluffs Cuts   2 comments
• » Town Administrator Relishes Opportunity To Tackle Problems   2 comments
• » Principal Wears Confidence and Tie to Match   1 comment
• » It’s Lucky Derby Time, as Shack Turns Rich With Prizes and Pride
• » Plum TV Abruptly Shuts Down Operations, Lays Off Workers   2 comments
• » Presidential Retreat For Sale: Blue Heron Goes on Market
• » They Swim, They Bike, They Run: Triathletes Train for Island Race
• » Triathlete Is Fueled By Memories of 9/11   4 comments

• » News Update: Thursday, September 8
  Blue Heron Farm Goes on the Market   1 comment
• » News Update: Wednesday, September 7
  Water Warning in Edgartown Neighborhood
• » Breaking News: Tuesday, September 6
  Plum TV Closes Vineyard Operation   4 comments
• » Storm Causes Heavy Erosion From Chappy to Great Rock Bight, Especially at Wasque   1 comment
• » News Update: Friday, September 2
  Fire Destroys Boats in Shipyard Storage
• » Two Cottages Near Stonewall Beach Become Cliffhangers After Tropical Storm Irene; Emergency Move Approved
• » Oak Bluffs Finalizes Contract With Interim Town Administrator   2 comments
• » Water Quality and Crack Staff Deliver Banner Crop of Shellfish
• » Schools Reopen Next Week with a Dozen New Teachers, Realigned Leadership
• » Sun in the Morning, Rain at Night , Summer Weather Was Real Treat

• » Breaking News: Tuesday, August 30
  Oak Bluffs Hires New Interim Administrator   2 comments
• » Storm Erodes South Shore, Imperiling Homes   2 comments
• » Roundabout Again as Public Gets Another Say Over Project   1 comment
• » Obamas Find Calm, Leave Before Storm
• » Frankly, We’ll Sue the Library: Consultant in Copyright Claim   8 comments
• » West Tisbury Nixes Beach Revetment Despite State Okay

• » News Update: Monday, August 29
  Steamship Resumes Service, Cleanup Begins as Sun Shines in Wake of Tropical Storm Irene
• » News Update: Sunday, August 28
  Power Outages, Erosion, Little Damage   4 comments
• » Use of Reverse 911 by Oak Bluffs To Send Fireworks Alert comes under fire from other towns   2 comments
• » Islanders Brace for storm surge, winds as Hurricane Irene churns up the coast   1 comment
• » Quakes in Nations, Earth Shake President’s Vacation
• » Vineyard’s Handling of Air Traffic During Obama Visit To serve as national model   1 comment
• » Register Weighs History of Barn Where Poets, Painters Played
• » Firefighters With Big Hearts in Tiny Town of Aquinnah   1 comment
• » Seafood Shipper Uses Ice to Break Into Bigger, Fresher Local Fish Market

• » News Update: Thursday, August 25
  All Beaches Are Open
• » News Update: Wednesday, August 24
  President gets briefing on Hurricane Irene, No Plans to Leave Vineyard Early   5 comments
• » News Update: Tuesday, August 23
  Tremors from Virginia Earthquake shake up Islanders   1 comment
• » Land Court Allows A Partial Injunction in Title Dispute
• » Briefings on Clash in Libya Punctuate Presidential Vacation Time on Island   4 comments
• » Poverty and Failure of Education System Weigh on Black Students   3 comments
• » From ’Tree to Tree-Hugger, Voices Offer President Advice, Critique

• » News Update: Monday, August 22
  Quiet Start This Morning After Busy Sunday
• » Let’s Talk About Race: Panel Argues Racial Divide Persists   3 comments
• » First Family Arrives on the Island with Little Fanfare
• » Gov. Wilder: Education for Equality
• » Federal Protection for Vineyard Waters Nears With Steamship Authority Grant
• » Pickles on a Stick, Prize Ribbons On a String: Fair Is in Full Flight
• » Lanterns Light Up a Vineyard Summer Night
• » Beach Sand, Sand Traps Along President's Vacation Route on Sunday
• » News Update: Saturday, August 20
  President Visits Friend, Mentor Charles Ogletree in Oak Bluffs   4 comments
• » PRESIDENT’S READING LIST LEANS TOWARD FICTION AS ISLAND VACATION BEGINS
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• » First Family Returns to Vineyard for Summer Vacation   18 comments
• » News Update: Thursday, August 18
  Lambert’s Cove Beach Reopens
• » Vintage Tractors and Cars Lead Parade As 150th Ag Fair Opens
• » Sheriff’s Meadow Sues Island Couple   10 comments
• » Scott Brown’s View Across the Aisle
• » She’s the Fairest of Them All: Manager Eleanor Neubert
• » The Ag Fair: Better Every Year for 150
• » All’s Fair: Parade First, Then Fried Dough and Skillet Throw
• » Bring in da Noise Creator Brings Civil Rights to Next Generation

• » News Update: Saturday, August 13
  Strong Effort Takes the Lobster in Chilmark Road Race   1 comment
• » Tisbury Trips Contract Clause Costing Seaver Construction $1,000 a Day
• » Oak Bluffs Chooses Town Administrator   2 comments
• » Democratic Chairman to Rally Money, Message for 2012 Poll   7 comments
• » Concern Over Books, Beach, Police Cuts
• » Aquinnah Summer Taxpayers Weigh Costs of Regionalization
• » Most Valuable Vineyard Seafood? It’s Not What You Think, or Eat   3 comments
• » Chilmark Road Race Starting Line Full-Up, Lobsters Remain Wary
• » Off the Bench, Justice Marshall Shares Opinions

• » Jamming Across Generations, Little Feat Is Still Willin’ Band
• » News Update: Tuesday, August 9
  Oak Bluffs Names Interim Administrator
• » News Update: Tuesday, August 9
  Fire at Blue Heron Farm
• » President Obama to Return to Island   4 comments
• » Vineyard Verizon Workers Strike, Joining Larger Landline Dispute
• » Amnesty’s Frontlines Meet Harborfront
• » Where Pond Meets Pavement, Worries Over Rural Feel of an Aquinnah Road
• » After Four Back-to-Back Tours Sgt. Willis Awaits Honeymoon
• » Sen. Scott Brown to Attend Chamber Breakfast
• » Rwandan Survivor Urges Peace, Telling Kids to Be Like a Dove

• » News Update: Sunday, August 7
  Coast Guard Rescues Three Boaters   1 comment
• » News Update: Friday, August 5
  MVC to Take a Spin on Roundabout   1 comment
• » Denniston House Sold at Discount   1 comment
• » Striped Bass Rules Delayed
• » Farm Plan Aims to Protect Land for Food
• » Discovering What’s Down and Going Out in Pond
• » Deadline is Monday for Poetry Contest
• » If Only They Ate Skunks: Credible Coyote Sighting Worries Expert
• » Dr. Russell Hoxsie Practiced Medicine Old-Fashioned Way
• » Learning Every Trick in the Book To Open Festival
• » Book Festival Is Sunday
• » French Seasoning for the Kitchen Shelf
• » Sportswriter Turns Eye to Joe DiMaggio
• » Like Father, Like Daughter: Alexandra Styron Flexes Her Muscle in Memoir
• » Scaffolding of Island History on Which Native Story Rests
• » Shakespeare Seen in San Francisco
• » Meeting Our Most Inventive Adversary
• » International Intrigue? Here's Your Woman
• » Amor Towles: Literary Ascent Begins in West Chop
• » Composting a Back-to-the-Land Past
• » Sharks Meet Their Enemy and It Is Us
• » Steering the Auto Industry Turnaround
• » Boxing Shadows of a Violent Youth

• » Pond Tests Clean
• » News Update: Seth’s Pond Is Closed to Swimming
• » Surprise Performance Nets Playhouse Support for New Patricia Neal Stage
• » Not Plugged in on Electric Car Grants   1 comment
• » Sebastian Junger on Brotherhood , Boys and the High of Not Dying   1 comment
• » Jane Newhall, 97, Leaves Long Legacy in Agricultural Society   3 comments
• » Stars, Sales and the Social Side of Art

• » Wind Turbine Focus Shifts Farther Offshore
• » Survey Begins Of Katama Bay   2 comments
• » Tisbury Mosquito Trap Detects Presence of West Nile Virus   1 comment
• » Big Welcome Home for Sergeant Brown
• » A Man of the Land, Ozzie Fischer Jr. Dies On Island He Nurtured for Nine Decades   3 comments
• » Community Services Turns 50 As Demand Hits Record High
• » Auction Makes Dreams Come True

• » Agricultural Society, Polly Hill Join Forces to Buy Vineyard Museum Land
• » Beach Bacteria Still a Mystery; State Will Visit Aquinnah Lab   3 comments
• » State, Shellfish Group Hatch Agreement
• » He Would Have Been an Actor, Now Mr. Feinberg Acts in Tragedies
• » Block Grant Monies Face New Obstacle   1 comment

• » Breaking News: Friday, July 22
  Island Beaches Cleared to Open
• » Resident of Oyster Pond Pushes State Legislation On Barrier Beach Rights   1 comment
• » SSA to Keep Island Reservations Office
• » Beach Bacteria? Lab Results Vary
• » Woods Hole Founder’s Challenge: Environment Must Be Protected
• » Arthouse Goes State-of-the-Art: Film Society Eyes Own Theatre
• » Coalition Plans to Buy Whippoorwill Farm, Turn It Nonprofit, Build Worker Housing
• » Mending Walls, Neighbors Find Right Balance   1 comment
• » Seeing a Light at the End of the Island   3 comments

• » News Update: Thursday, July 21
  Squibby Swimmers Warned
• » News Update: Wednesday, July 20
  Edgartown Police Target Underage Drinking
• » News Update: Wednesday, July 20
  Oak Bluffs Closes Four Beaches Again
• » News Update: Tuesday, July 19
  West Tisbury Beaches Are Open
• » Beach Closures Linger, Cause Of Bacteria Remains Mystery
• » Study Tagging Atlantic Great Whites Trades Myth for Insight Into Behavior
• » Gus Ben David, Osprey Daddy
• » Too Many People Missing Out: Wealth Gap Worries Economists   1 comment
• » Holy Ghost Festival Is Sopalicious
• » Island’s Ishmael Wins Exhilarating Pursuit As Sail MV Wraps Vineyard Cup Regatta
• » Through Jabberwocky Wardrobe To Lady Gaga’s Closet in a Play
• » Farm and Field

• » News Update: Saturday, July 16
  Norton Point Beach Opens to Oversand Vehicles
• » Grant Writers Flub $2 Million
• » One Town Wins Library Money
• » Making Sailing Fun for Kids, Racers Alike
• » Tight State Budget Spares VTA; Health Care Access Gets Zero   1 comment
• » Dock Destroyed in Fire Rebuilt, Fishing Village Honors Success
• » To Swim or Not To Swim, That Is The Beach Question
• » Muggles Line Up for Beginning Of the End of Harry Potter Films   1 comment

• » Breaking News: Thursday, July 14
  West Tisbury Library Wins Grant   1 comment
• » Breaking News: Wednesday, July 13
  Oak Bluffs, West Tisbury Beaches Closed
• » News Update: Tuesday, July 12
  Heartfelt Tributes at Menemsha Dock Dedication
• » News Update: Wednesday, July 13
  Attorney Vincent’s Law License Suspended
• » Under Pressure, Town Administrator Michael Dutton Resigns as of July 31   1 comment
• » Wampanoags Sue in U.S. Court Against Cape Wind Associates   3 comments
• » Round the Island on a Wind, Open Air
• » Ambassador Enters at Foreign Policy’s Act One

• » Pedestrian Hit by Vehicle Listed in Critical Condition
• » News Update: Friday, July 8
  West Tisbury Beaches Open for Swimming
• » Breaking News: Friday, July 8
  Town Administrator Resigns Under Pressure   2 comments
• » Tisbury Street Fair Is POSTPONED to Saturday
• » Lawmakers Weigh Property Rights on Ponds   1 comment
• » Oak Bluffs Bid Charges Mount
• » Take the Sun, Put It in the Pump And Say Goodbye to Fossil Fuel?
• » Mr. Smith Goes to Oak Bluffs But Reshuffle Ruffles in Tisbury
• » One Year After Menemsha Fire, Dockside Renewal, Reflections
• » Conservationist Edo Potter Sees Forest for Trees   1 comment

• » Breaking News: Thursday, July 7
  Four West Tisbury Beaches Closed to Swimming
• » Norton Point Beach Is Closed to Swimming After Weekend Tragedy
• » Law License Suspension Expected for Mr. Vincent
• » Vineyard Clinic Is Spared Budget Axe
• » The CSI of Protecting Plovers As Waterbirds Watch Over Eggs
• » Sailing Is In, Powerboating Out, Tracking Trends on the Harbors
• » Small Town, Small Parade, All for Kids in Aquinnah
• » Not Off Broadway ... On to Broadway

• » Swimmer Dies After Rescue at Norton Point
• » Oak Bluffs Faces Cash Crisis, Fresh Complaints Over Bid Law Violations
• » Two Towns Ink Solar Contract   2 comments
• » Our Trail of Trash: Following 25 Tons To a Burning End   2 comments
• » Island Fourth of July Festivities Promise Double Scoop of All the Traditions
• » Lobster Hatchery Rehab Is Approved   3 comments
• » What All Lives in the Yellow Stuff We’ve Seen? Mystery Algae
• » Summer Series Speaks to More Diverse Crowd
• » Mr. Whiting’s “Other Stuff:” You Haven’t Seen It Before

• » News Update: Tuesday, June 28
  Fresh Complaints That Oak Bluffs Broke Bid Laws   4 comments
• » Principal Shuffle Will See Leadership Changes at Island Elementary Schools   2 comments
• » My Own Star Trek: A Life in Pictures
• » Affliction Unknown, Sick Seals Congregate in Large Numbers
• » Big Games Finish Little League Season
• » Alas, Hoo Rah: Craig Kingsbury’s Bill Clinton Support Is Trashed   9 comments
• » Student Show Brings Bullying Effects Home   1 comment
• » Gold Teeth and Gun Back To Rightful Owner, Scouts Honor
• » Local Drug Bust Uncovers Heroin, Marijuana, Pills
• » Best of the Vineyard 2011 Unveiled
• » Gazette Kid Critics Review Cinema Circus Films

• » Leadership Shuffle in Public Schools
• » Two Jailed in Oak Bluffs Drug Bust
• » Mr. Dutton Is Subject of Talks   4 comments
• » Hospice Marks 30 Years of Letting Go Gracefully   1 comment
• » Bad Luck for Hot Dogs: County To Enforce Ban at State Beach   4 comments
• » Fiscal Finish Line: Oak Bluffs Races To Balance Books
• » Keep the Office? SSA Has Reservations
• » Farmer, Teacher, Sanskrit-Speaker: Meet Jim Norton   1 comment

• » News Update: Wednesday, June 22
  Oak Bluffs Voters Approve Money Moves But Balk at Denniston House Map
• » Foreclosure Begins on Bradley Square, Housing Fund Scrambles
• » Court Told Fatal Stab Was Self-Defense   2 comments
• » Tackling Taste of the Vineyard: Back-to-Front and Other Strategies   2 comments
• » With Baitfish Scarce, Otters Move Inland Snacking on Goldfish, This Time at Peril   1 comment
• » Playhouse Begins Capital Campaign To Continue Restoration of Theatre

• » Man Stabbed in Tisbury Is Dead
• » Rogers Path To Stay Open
• » Update Requested to Housing Study
• » Over-Budget Voters to Convene, Rainy Day Arrives in Oak Bluffs
• » Oak Bluffs Outdoor Music Ban Is Unplugged for Two-Week Trial   2 comments
• » Island Man Charged In Tisbury Stabbing   1 comment
• » Flag Bylaw Dates Back, Question Is Why Now   2 comments
• » Islander Stays Aboveground In Sea of mp3   9 comments

• » News Update: Wednesday, June 15
  West Tisbury Board Refers Roundabout to MVC   1 comment
• » Breaking News: Wednesday, June 15
  Bail Set at $50,000 After Vineyard Haven Stabbing
• » Hail to the High School Graduates, Ready, Willing to Take Their Chances
• » Boys’ Tennis Best Season Ever Ends
• » Scottish Bakehouse Owner Wonders What’s the Flag Fuss   5 comments
• » Social Circuit for the Soil Set: Real Farmers, Eaters Go to Market   1 comment
• » Vineyard Sharks Take Three in Row

• » Scholars, Community Celebrate Graduation
• » News Update: Saturday, June 11
  Tennis Boys Stopped at Section Finals
• » News Update: Friday, June 10
  Sharks Open Season with 6-1 Win
• » Oak Bluffs Draws Harsh State Rebuke for Bid Law Violations
• » Edgartown Marine Changes Hands   2 comments
• » Vineyarders Welcome Refined Plans for Offshore Wind Farms
• » Quiet on Waterfront Costs Musicians
• » No End in Sight to Problems, EMS Project Frustration Grows
• » Where Have All the Squid Gone?
• » Class of 2011 Is Open to the Future
• » Firmly Rooted on the Vineyard, Valedictorian Reaches Globally   2 comments

• » ER Director Cites Concerns About New Tri-Town Chief
• » MSPCA Fund Will Help Island Pet Owners
• » Breaking News: Tuesday, June 7
  Oak Bluffs Violated Public Bidding Laws, Attorney General Rules   3 comments
• » Decision Stands: No Tour Vans in Downtown Edgartown   8 comments
• » Mission Accomplished: Charter School Graduates Commence in Personal Style
• » Museum Set to Buy Marine Hospital
• » The Undefeated: Young Soccer Team Heads for Championship
• » Islanders Rally to Help Iraq Veteran in Need

• » Charter School Graduates Lauded in Personal Ceremony
• » Work Halts on Tisbury EMS Building As Consultants Flag Long Fault List
• » Oak Bluffs Election Results Will Stand   1 comment
• » Call Off the Dogs from Out of Town   9 comments
• » Hospital Hits Summer With Streamlined ER
• » Self-Assured Set of Graduates Learned What Can’t Be Taught
• » Charter School’s Own Learning Journey Grows Over 15 Years
• » West Tisbury Mulls Fate of Fence Viewers

• » News Update: Wednesday, June 1
  Posting Error in Town Election   1 comment
• » Breaking News: Tuesday, May 31
  Sewer Discs Wash Ashore Here   3 comments
• » News Update: Scouts Discover Old Box Filled With Treasure
• » Family Planning Clinic in Peril
• » Veterans Must Travel for Care   2 comments
• » Memorial Day Arrives With Sold-Out Ferries and Marches to the Sea
• » Oak Bluffs Ballots Say No And No Again; Is Vote Valid? Maybe   1 comment
• » Catherine Coogan Stays Calm at Center Of Her Community
• » Home Port Puts Menu Where Mouth Is   5 comments
• » Blog Sounds Discordant Note On Immigrants, Employers   23 comments
• » Tiffany Smalley Makes History For Wampanoag Tribe, Harvard

• » News Update: Wednesday, May 25
  Oak Bluffs Election Thursday
• » Breaking News: Thursday, May 26
  Voters Reject Oak Bluffs Spending
• » News Update: Tuesday, May 24
  Beach Closed to Protect Plover Nest
• » News Update: Tuesday, May 24
  Goodale’s Needs No MVC Review
• » More Islanders, A Little Older, More Diverse   4 comments
• » Brazilians Speak Out, In Their Own Words   1 comment
• » Middle Line Faults Have Building Firm Under Fire   2 comments
• » Rupert the Rooster To Crow No More
• » What, No Jumping off Big Bridge? Upgrade Turns Tradition to Danger   3 comments
• » Arthur Railton, Editor of Intelligencer, Chronicler of Island History, Dies at 95   5 comments
• » The Making of Fire and Rain

• » News Update: Thursday, May 19
  Island Historian Art Railton Dies at 95
• » News Update: Monday, May 16
  Small Quakes Recorded Off Nashawena
• » Two-Speed Economy: High End Is Spending, Bottom End Suffering   7 comments
• » Island Powers Up With Rapid Solar Revolution
• » Attorney General Investigates Oak Bluffs Bid Law Violations
• » Aquinnah Voters Trim Tri-Town EMS Budget Amid Tabling Talk
• » Big Rare Right Whales Return To Feed on Smallest Sea Snacks
• » Aquinnah Opts for Change in Beverly Wright
• » Elio Silva Looks Homeward for Seeds of Success   2 comments

• » Breaking News: Wednesday, May 11
  Beverly Wright Is Elected
• » News Update: Tuesday, May 10
  Aquinnah Debates Ambulance Budget
• » Breaking News: Tuesday, May 10
  State Investigating Oak Bluffs Bid Faults
• » News Update: Saturday, May 7
  The Early Kid Catches the Fish
• » Breaking News: Friday, May 6
  Island Fishermen Have Close Encounter With Shark   2 comments
• » News Update: Friday, May 6
  MVC Okays New Grocery Store
• » Offshore Area for Wind Development Reduced By Federal Government
• » ‘Scary’ Decline In Striper Stocks   5 comments
• » Grocery Styled on Trader Joe’s Gets Fast-Track at Commission   1 comment
• » Tisbury Scalds Contractor Over Shoddy Work on EMS Building   2 comments
• » Aquinnah Voters to Tackle Housing Bylaw
• » Mr. Keating Talks Martha’s Vineyard And Middle East
• » Beverly Wright, Camille Rose Vie for Seat

• » News Update: Wednesday, May 4
  The Bluefish Are Here!   2 comments
• » News Update: Tuesday, May 3
  Tisbury EMS Building Faults Provoke Board Anger   1 comment
• » MVC Asked to Mediate Clash Between Goodale’s Gravel Pit and Neighbors   1 comment
• » Vineyard Power Cooperative Joins Partner in Bid on Wind   3 comments
• » Bitter Tisbury Contest Decided by 12 Votes   1 comment
• » Chilmark Voters Argue Little, Finish Annual Town Meeting
• » Indian Graduate Inspires Novel Born of Island
• » Gates Millennium Scholarship Is Awarded To Island High School Musician Evan Hall

• » News Update: Tuesday, April 26
  Jeff Kristal Wins; Ballot Questions Defeated   3 comments
• » News Update: Tuesday, April 26
  Chilmark Gets It Done
• » MVC Objects To Wind Plan   1 comment
• » Doctors, Police Walk Razor’s Edge Where Crime, Pain Control Meet   1 comment
• » After Election, Circuit Avenue Talks
• » Jeff Kristal, Tom Pachico Have Their Dukes Up in This Race
• » Round Again on the Roundabout   4 comments
• » Farmers Agree on Slaughterhouse Plan   8 comments

• » News Update: Wednesday, April 20
  Sengie Closes Again to Shellfishing
• » Attorney Vincent Settles Civil Claims of $700,000   6 comments
• » Beachgoers to Face Prospect Of a Summer Without Wasque   5 comments
• » West Tisbury Searches Its Soul Amid Wine, Walkways Votes
• » Challengers Mike Santoro, Walter Vail: New Selectmen   1 comment
• » Oak Bluffs Secures Slim Budget, More Spending Left to Ballot
• » Solar Plans Get Sunny Reception As Tisbury Votes to Go Green
• » Edgartown Voters’ First Official Word on Library Move is Yes
• » Vineyard Bees Play Leading Role in Study Aimed at Finding Cause in Pollinator Crisis
• » Once as Player, Now as Coach, He’s at Center   1 comment

• » Breaking News: Thursday, April 14
  Challengers Win in Oak Bluffs
• » News Update: Wednesday, April 13
  Safe Thief Says He Is Sorry   4 comments
• » News Update: Tuesday, April 12
  First Step Toward Beer, Wine in West Tisbury
• » News Update: Wednesday, April 13
  Bare-Bones Budget Passes in Oak Bluffs; Ballot Box Will Decide the Rest
• » News Update: Tuesday, April 12
  Tisbury Steps Out as Green Community
• » News Update: Tuesday, April 12
  Edgartown Voters Approve Library Move
• » Breaking News: Monday, April 11
  Two Arrested, Money Missing in Safe Heist   6 comments
• » News Update: Monday, April 11
  Mr. Vincent Appears in Court
• » Breaking News: Friday, April 8
  Attorney Vincent Arrested, Jailed   1 comment
• » Wine on Table in West Tisbury As Voters Face Menu of Choices
• » Oak Bluffs Keeps Budget Lean, With Extras Left on the Side
• » Tisbury Tightens Belt to Fit Straitened Economic Times
• » Edgartown Library Expansion: Voters Finally Have Their Say
• » Would You Like Ties on that McMansion?   5 comments
• » Harborfront Pier Plan Paused, Homeowner Offers to Scale Back
• » Wastewater Plant Stops Taking Money

• » Merged Force, Better Policing   2 comments
• » Attorney Sued, Money Missing   6 comments
• » Oak Bluffs Candidates Make Their Pitches   1 comment
• » Call it a Day for Bay Scallops: Fishermen Weigh in Good Season   2 comments
• » Tisbury Voters to Meet About Messes   1 comment
• » Selectmen Sign Deal to Hold Field Gallery But Let Shellfish Warden Go in West Tisbury   1 comment
• » Magazine Art Show Delivers Bold Headlines

• » MSPCA Sues Edgartown Attorney for Missing $200,000
• » Police: Break-Ins a Result Of Serious Prescription Drug Problem on Island   3 comments
• » Fraud Investigation Into Wastewater Bills   1 comment
• » Tighter Lobster Limits Delayed by Disagreement   1 comment
• » Coal Regulations Aimed at Reducing Mercury Levels
• » Edgartown Lottery Sends Lucky Winners Into Housing Market With Mortgage Help
• » Chef Lands Plane on State Beach in Life-Saving Feat of Flying
• » Library Move Hits New Hurdle : Grade Schoolers

• » News Update: Sunday, March 20
  Plane Crash Lands on State Beach
• » News Update: Sunday, March 20
  Service for Jon Lipsky on Monday
• » News Update: Sunday, March 20
  Controlled Burn In Progress
• » Community Preservation Money is Under Pressure
• » Islander in Japan Recounts Quake   1 comment
• » Town Devises Strategy to Buy Field Gallery   1 comment
• » Trouble in Lagoon Pond Adds Urgency to Recovery Efforts   3 comments
• » Frog Fungus Nothing to Croak About
• » Top Scientist Explains What to Expect When Expecting 50,000 Winter Flounder
• » Downtown Dance Man is Hatching Plans Up-Island

• » Summer Bookings Signal Strong Upturn for Vineyard Economy
• » Ferocious Erosion Sees Shoreline Shapeshifting
• » Clearcut Violations At Oak Bluffs Ponds
• » Bare-Bones Oak Bluffs Budget Lets Voters Add Their Own Extras
• » Town Tries to Fund Field Gallery Buy   2 comments
• » Double Overtime Heartbreaker Ends Hoops Team’s Dream Run
• » Crafting a Small , Perfectly Formed Vineyard Festival

• » Mink Meadows Property Owner Cited for Filling Wetland, Dredging Pond   20 comments
• » Can’t Pay for Heat, Cupboard is Bare
• » AP Senior Executive is Tapped to Be Next Gazette Publisher   3 comments
• » Boys’ Basketball Posts Off-Season Win
• » Edwin Woods Was West Tisbury Conservationist   2 comments
• » Vineyard Peace Corps Alumnae Reflect During 50th Anniversary

• » Cost of Gas is Legally High   11 comments
• » Deadline Delayed for Leases on Wind Farms Off Vineyard   9 comments
• » Chappaquiddick Still Waiting on New Cable Conduit
• » Christopher S. Look Jr. Was Long-Serving County Sheriff   10 comments
• » Boys’ Basketball Come-From-Behind Victory Sets Stage for State Sectionals Tournament
• » Young Windsurfer Saves Life in Selfless Rescue   12 comments

• » News Update: Wednesday, Feb. 23
  Oak Bluffs Voters Slash Spending
• » News Update: Tuesday, February 22
  No High School Classes Wednesday
• » Menemsha Fire Investigation Ends Unsettled
• » Turbine Talks: Rules Unclear   3 comments
• » Oak Bluffs Voters Must Make Hard Budget Choices Tuesday
• » Not in Lights? His Name Now in Latin
• » Town Says Solar Plan Stays on the Farm   2 comments
• » As Hospital Parking Lots Grow, Neighbors Fret
• » From Quahaugs to Cockles, a Global Journey   1 comment

• » Breaking News: Wednesday, Feb. 16
  Coast Guard: Cause of Menemsha Fire Unknown
• » Bidding Begins For Wind Sites
• » Helicopters Close in on Targets: Old Bombs
• » Parsonage History Outweighs Hardship   5 comments
• » Town, Land Bank Stake Out Opposite Sides on the Mini-Park
• » A Slippery Sidewalk To Shame in Tisbury For the Unshoveled   4 comments
• » Jewelry Designer Makes Swimsuit Edition Splash   1 comment

• » Islandwide Assessments Show Uneven Real Estate Recovery
• » Cronkite Heirs Sell Green Hollow Home   5 comments
• » Woodlands Plan Revives Campground
• » Oak Bluffs Shaves for Short-Term Savings Before Restructuring   2 comments
• » Punxsutawney Phil Has Nothing On this Groundhog Day Gala
• » Old Parsonage House Fate Is in Question   9 comments
• » Where Stovetops Speak and Energy Grid Talks Back

• » News Update: Tuesday, February 1
  Weather Sees After-School, Other Activities Canceled
• » Up-Island District Unites to Silence West Tisbury Critics of Chilmark School   1 comment
• » Farm Forced to Shut Down Dirt Bike Track
• » Small Farms to Rely on Identification, Win Relief from Food Safety Paperwork
• » Tisbury Switches Back to MVTV, Towns Are United in Cable Talks
• » Incentive to Drop Insurance is Option for Healthier Budget
• » Grange Folds as Sign Comes Down on an Era   5 comments

• » News Update: Thursday, January 27
  Three Arrested in Oak Bluffs Drug Seizures
• » Comcast Talks See New Twist   3 comments
• » Three West Tisbury Restaurant Owners Press Petition for Beer and Wine Sales   1 comment
• » Affordable Housing Fund Eyes Larger, Denser Rental Designs   16 comments
• » Neighbors Make Noise About Dirt Bikes
• » Chilmark Farms’ Wind Turbines: Debate Does Not Sway Decision
• » A Dream Night For Many Fans of Jon Lipsky

• » Cape Wind Has Final Permits   2 comments
• » Hard Times Hit in Oak Bluffs   2 comments
• » Sheriff: House Arrest For Kelly McCarron   1 comment
• » To Refer to MVC Or Not? Checklist Due for a Checkup
• » Elbow Becomes an Island as Chappy Shape Shifts   2 comments
• » Rift Over Edgartown Library Move May Threaten Grant Chances
• » Tech Talk to Tackle Online Generation Gap

• » News Update: Tuesday, January 11
  Single-Car Crash Injures Driver
• » Rebounding Real Estate Market Has Land Bank Poised for Acquisitions   1 comment
• » Congressman’s View from Starting Line
• » Tri-Town Ambulance Budget to Skyrocket   3 comments
• » Oughta Know Where Otters Go, So Scientists Map Weasel Tracks   3 comments
• » Plug-In Car, Gas Station Plan Has Commission Tuning Out   3 comments
• » Vineyard’s First Swim Teams Taking Shape   4 comments

• » The Year 2010 Told a Story of Two Vineyards   3 comments

• » JetBlue to Fly Route to JFK
• » The Yard Woes: High Standards, Lower Donations   5 comments
• » Wind Forum Stirs Debate as Task Force Remains Skeptical   5 comments
• » Health, Social Workers Seek Solution To Hidden Problem Called Hoarding   3 comments
• » Vineyard Hero Saves Soldier’s Life in New Hampshire Car Accident
• » Affirming Our Humanness On This Day and Every Day   2 comments

• » News Update: Thursday, December 23
  Vineyard-JFK Air Route to Begin
• » Latest Profile of Vineyard Found in Census Figures Merging Boom, Bust Era   1 comment
• » Senator Wolf Urges Supporters To Keep Him Honest, Balanced
• » Edgartown Rejects Move to Exit MVC   1 comment
• » Who Pays for School’s Million-Dollar Repairs?   3 comments
• » Davy Crockett’s Spirit at Sengie As Black Powder Shooters Fire Up   2 comments
• » Brazilian Consul Challenges Students to Be Ambassadors

• » News Update: Tuesday, December 14
  Edgartown Stays in MVC
• » News Update: Monday, December 13
  Record Need Prompts Red Stocking Toys Appeal   1 comment
• » MVC Question Set for a Vote Tuesday
• » Fearing Drastic Losses, Fishermen Dodge Legal Traps in Cape Wind Fight   14 comments
• » Denniston House Demolition Blocked by Historic Commission   2 comments
• » Edgartown Library Foiled by Warren House Protection   1 comment
• » Patty Begley Bids Farewell to Family Planning Agency   2 comments
• » Seeking Guide to Tisbury Underground

• » Towns Contest MVC Referrals
• » Forget Black Friday, Every Day ’Til Christmas is Red Stocking Day   6 comments
• » Museum Explores a Possible Move to Site of Former Marine Hospital
• » Student Share Up, West Tisbury to Pay More
• » Proposal Would Pipe Hydro-Electric Power From Quebec to You   6 comments
• » Did Anyone Notice That $19 Million?   8 comments

• » Lost at Sea for 12 Days, Island Captain Returns Mourning Friend, Boat   10 comments
• » Vineyard Gazette is Sold to Island Philanthropists   1 comment
• » Vineyard Raises Cup in Gripping Victory
• » Offshore Wind Developers at Ready   8 comments
• » Towns Speed Ahead With Solar Plans   2 comments
• » Former Housing Fund Chief Says His Piece, Firing Salvos at Critics of Its Approach   9 comments
• » A Different Kind of Investment: Quiet Financier Reveals Reasons   1 comment

• » Tisbury Taxes Rise Sharply   3 comments
• » Comcast Data is On Demand   4 comments
• » Hometown Cop Dan Rossi Wins West Tisbury Police Chief Badge   1 comment
• » Oak Bluffs Voters Start Shoring Up Budget With Rooms Tax Hike
• » Edgartown Selectmen Will Ask Voters to Withdraw from MVC   6 comments
• » Whalers Return Ready to Battle For Island Cup

• » Report Urges County Reform   1 comment
• » Honoring Those Who Served
• » Wind Rules Remain in Limbo, Putting All Projects Before MVC   1 comment
• » Prisoner on Work Release Finds Public Transit Handy for Sojourn   7 comments
• » Denniston Demolition Plan Draws Calls for Intervention   1 comment
• » Striped Bass Quotas Unchanged
• » Island Economy: Slow Growth is The New Normal

• » Town Threatens To Exit MVC   7 comments
• » Sheriff McCormack Elected to Third Term   3 comments
• » Report from Chesapeake Bay Shows Fewer Young Stripers   1 comment
• » Edgartown Settles on Carnegie Site
• » Library Designs in West Tisbury Build Momentum for Expansion
• » Shore Shakes With the Sound of Munitions
• » Clearing Trees To See Forest’s Old Ecosystem   2 comments

• » News Update: Wed., November 3
  Michael McCormack Elected to Third Term as Sheriff
• » Breaking News: Tuesday, November 2
  Mike McCormack Set to Remain Sheriff   4 comments
• » Tight State, Local Races Mark Mid-Term Election on Tuesday   5 comments
• » View from Beltway’s End On the Right, Rats, Races   2 comments
• » Police Uncover Clues In Arson Case, But Make No Arrest Yet
• » Tenth District Candidates Air Views on Eve of Election: Jeff Perry   1 comment
• » Tenth District Candidates Air Views on Eve of Election: Joe Van Nes
• » Fire Investigation Nears Finish Line
• » Study Traces Sengekontacket’s Troubles   2 comments

• » Ten-Year Comcast Deal Set to Expire, Opening New Negotiation Points   3 comments
• » Warren Gosson’s Pitch for Sheriff Job   2 comments
• » Towns Track Falling CPA Match Money
• » Sgt. Manter Withdraws as Police Chief Candidate
• » Vineyard Gazette Wins Top Prize in Annual Newspaper Contest   1 comment
• » Denied Administration Post, West Tisbury Teacher Objects   5 comments
• » Fishing Hard Makes for Winners, Easy Derby Fellowship Abounds
• » Does My Pig Look Too Big In This Barn?   2 comments

• » Dukes County Sheriff’s Race Heats Up: Mike McCormack   2 comments
• » Dukes County Sheriff’s Race Heats Up: Neal Maciel   3 comments
• » Nitrogen Tips Pond’s Delicate Balance   1 comment
• » Force Backs Dan Rossi as Chief, Selectman Also in the Running
• » Anglers Young and Old Weigh in as Longtime Derby Lady Leads
• » As Quarterback, Randall Jette is Offensive Threat   3 comments

• » Lyme Disease Action Urged   7 comments
• » Meet Bill Keating: Independent Democrat   2 comments
• » Peter Duart, Former Supermarket Manager and Sex Offender Convicted Again   3 comments
• » Mussels Men: Chilmark Waters Are Big Step for Shellfish Startup
• » Ponds to Host Winter Flounder as Island Aquaculture Grows
• » Katie Mayhew Debuts in London At Celebrity Awards Ceremony   3 comments

• » Arson Leaves Town Uneasy
• » Experts Affirm Sea Level Rise   2 comments
• » Voters Readily Agree to Pay Fire Costs
• » Vineyard Fishermen Challenge Absent Herring Rules in Court   1 comment
• » Hold Your Swords! Indian Cavalry Gallops to Games Via Chappy
• » Wôpanâak Talk Leads Little Doe To Genius Grant   2 comments

• » SSA Plans Fare Hikes For the Coming Year, to Cover Higher Costs   3 comments
• » Wind Development Crosses State Lines   2 comments
• » Cutting a Tangle of Red Tape to Free Funds for the Needy
• » Veterans Enjoy Derby Battle With Fish   1 comment
• » Storied Schooner Once Owner by General Patton to be Sold   4 comments
• » Oil and Water: Island Director Films Gulf Crisis   1 comment

• » Housing Fund Scraps Bradley Square Plan, As Coffers Run Empty
• » Mr. O’Leary Wins Island, But Still Loses Primary
• » State Commends Tisbury School as Island Students Meet Targets
• » Vineyard Power Sees Strength in Numbers   2 comments
• » League Baseball To Hit in a New Vineyard Team   4 comments
• » Derby Begins; Big Bass Tips the Scale

• » Keating Edges O'Leary to Vie for Delahunt Seat
• » News Update: Tuesday, September 14
  Motorcyclist Seriously Injured in Crash
• » Tenth District Race Seen as Tight in State Primary; Polls Are Open Tuesday   2 comments
• » Summer Trade a Bright Spot
• » Inside the Oldest House on the Vineyard   6 comments
• » During Derby, Grab a Rod or Be a Fish Out of Water
• » Changing Catch Patterns in Stripers   1 comment
• » Island Festival Gives Big World Intimate Focus

• » News Update: Saturday, September 4
  Earl Drenches, Spares Island Damage   2 comments
• » News Update: Friday, September 3
  Boats Stopped, Shops Closed, Shelter Open   3 comments
• » News Update:Weakening Earl Still on Track for Two Islands Friday, September 3
  
• » State of Emergency and High Alert: Hurricane Earl Barrels Up East Coast
• » The Birth of a Storm: Meet Earl
• » Divided Supreme Court Ruling Favors Cape Wind   2 comments
• » Off the Beaches, Back to Books: Students Will Find New Faculty
• » All Family Matters Considered by Michele Norris   2 comments

• » News Update: Thursday, September 2
  Early State of Emergency Declared
• » News Update: Thursday, September 2
  On Track for Cape and Islands, Earl Strengthens
• » News Update: Thursday, September 2
  Code Red on Vineyard as Earl Approaches
• » News Update: Wednesday, September 1
  Inkwell Closed to Swimming   2 comments
• » Tisbury Hopes to Grow Green
• » Obamas End Their Summer Vacation
• » Wind Plan is Under Wraps
• » Owner’s Dressage Ring Raises Legal Query Over Deed
• » Beetlebung Farm: Sowing Seeds Of Grace for Three-Plus Decades
• » They Ran, Walked and Jogged: Sullivan Event Raises $26,000

• » News Update: Sunday, August 29
  Obamas End Vineyard Vacation
• » News Update: Friday, August 27
  Lagoon Side of Eastville Beach Closed   1 comment
• » First Family’s Vacation Winds Down; Prevailing Theme Presidential Quiet   2 comments
• » Flotilla of Protest Sounds Call To Ease Federal Fishing Limits
• » Police Merger is Found Viable; Two Towns Study the Legalities
• » First Farm-Raised Mussels Make Debut
• » Author Casts Lines on Past, Future for Fish

• » News Update: Tuesday, August 24
  President, First Lady Enjoy Island Eating   7 comments
• » Summer Northeaster Lashes Island, Wreaks Harbor Havoc
• » New York Ferry Struck by Freak Wave; Windows Blown Out, Passengers Injured
• » On the Campaign Trail, Deval Patrick Pauses on Island to Defend Wind Plan   1 comment
• » Playing Golf, Shooting Hoops, President Mostly Out of Sight
• » Biologists Monitor Heavy Scallop Set In Cape Pogue Bay
• » Busy as Popcorn on Tossed Skillet For Visitors to Agricultural Fair
• » Out of Mind and Into the Heart With Kirtan King Krishna Das   2 comments

• » President Obama Begins Vineyard Vacation   43 comments
• » Embattled on So Many Fronts: The Difference a Year Makes   5 comments
• » U.S. Coast Guard Defends Pace of Fire Investigation   1 comment
• » Republicans, Religion and Racial Profiling   3 comments
• » Same Crime Rates, More Punishment
• » Beaches Closed, Then Opened; High Bacteria Counts a Mystery
• » All’s Fair in Four Days of Fun, Funnelcake

• » News Update: Wednesday, August 18
  Some Oak Bluffs, West Tisbury Beaches Closed   5 comments
• » Moshup Trail: No Easements   1 comment
• » First Family’s Vacation is Set   1 comment
• » Quansoo Beach Association Cleans House at Top of Board
• » Tribe Opens Lobsterville Path But Stresses Access is Temporary
• » All Roads Lead to the Agricultural Fair
• » Families Pass Torch on Illumination Night
• » Commercial Real Estate to Critical Acclaim: This Kid Is All Right

• » Trustees Admit Violation With Least Tern Chicks; State Investigates Action   7 comments
• » Computer Images Show Views   5 comments
• » Emerging Technology Tested at Airport   1 comment
• » Oak Bluffs School Principal Takes Change in Stride, Pledging to Learn From Others
• » Airbrushing Israel is Losing Liberal Jews   3 comments
• » Sparkling Stories and Sunflowers To Say Goodbye   2 comments

• » News Update: Wednesday, August 11
  Actress, Islander Patricia Neal Remembered   1 comment
• » Wind Power’s Strongest Critics Air Their Views At Forum in Chilmark   17 comments
• » Lambert’s Cove Still Dog’s Best Friend   1 comment
• » Big Sky Too Big? MVC Wrestles With West Tisbury Light Industry
• » Actress Patricia Neal Dies at 84   5 comments
• » Boat Sinks in Edgartown, All Aboard Are Rescued
• » DIY Rock Princess Charms Disney and Rolling Stone by Being Herself
• » Tough Stuff but So Elegant: Label Fits Stina Sayre and Her Designs

• » Hospital Mandate to Pay for Community Health is Mired in Bureaucracy   2 comments
• » Vandalism Hobbles Sail MV Program   2 comments
• » Fire Damage Estimates Exceed $1 Million   1 comment
• » Volunteer Firefighters Grill and Reminisce At Backyard Bash
• » Five Corners Kitchen Closed, Called Fire Waiting to Happen
• » Moshup & Me: Tribal Story Spurs Neighbor’s Movie

• » Possible Dreams Auction Raises $291,000   8 comments
• » Carlin Hart Appointed Principal in Oak Bluffs
• » Tribe Fails to Show for Meeting Over Blocked Lobsterville Path   3 comments
• » Voices of Banned Writers Past Lend Perspective on Tense Present
• » Loyal Lola’s Patrons Kick Up Their Heels Over Return of Favorite Spot for Dancing   5 comments
• » All-Island Art Show Sticks With Its Stars

• » Teachers Sign New Contract
• » Town Eyesores Prompt Bylaw   8 comments
• » Energizer Engineer Eyes Smart Money
• » Oysters Galore in Tisbury Great Pond: Shellfish Biologists Rejoice at Comeback
• » When the Island Needs You, All You Have to Do is Dream   4 comments
• » Filmmaker Doug Liman on Spies, Scripts, Squibby
• » Noman’s Land Shows Nature’s a Tough Lover

• » News Update: Tuesday, July 27
  Vineyard Haven Beaches Open Again
• » President Obama Returns To the Vineyard in August For First Family Vacation   4 comments
• » Emergency Scramble After Lightning Strike at Airport   1 comment
• » Vineyard Haven Beaches Closed: Storm Overflow
• » Five-Year Moratorium on Lobstering Is Shelved; Fishermen Are Relieved   1 comment
• » Right to Privacy But Not to Life: Is It Okay to Kill U.S. Terrorists?
• » Lost Ranger: Friend Tells Tillman Story   1 comment

• » Tribe Blocks Path to Beach   8 comments
• » After Tragedy, Trauma Lingers   1 comment
• » Sewers and Oysters Said to Be Saviors For Ponds in Peril   2 comments
• » A Nail for Main Street’s Coffin? Edgartown Hardware is Moving   3 comments
• » Begun of a Preacher Man, 175 Years Ago   1 comment
• » Three Decades of Building Boats Where Big Macs Might Have Been   4 comments

• » Coast Guard Questions Origin of Fire
• » Menemsha Open for Business Again
• » Illustrious Cookery Editor On Eating the American Way
• » Torts Amid the Tombstones? Author Probes Afterlife Laws
• » Books, Not Bumper Stickers: Stephen Carter Defends Debate   6 comments
• » Farm Institute Grows Community

• » News Update: Friday, July 16
  Origin of Fire in Question
• » Town Selectmen Declare A State of Emergency For Menemsha Village
• » Chilmark Fire Chief Praises Response
• » Senior Chief Jason Olsen Stands Tall in First Crisis
• » Child Care Help is on the Way For Families Struggling to Pay
• » Vineyard Cup Races, Festivities: As Open as Programs They Fund
• » An Inconvenient Truth for Schools Debuts on Island

• » News Update: Wednesday, July 14
  Pond Closed to Shellfishing After Fire   3 comments
• » News Update: Wednesday, July 14
  Menemsha Reopens; Fire Investigation Continues
• » Chaos in Menemsha as Fire Destroys Coast Guard Boathouse   4 comments
• » New Ambassador Takes Oath On Vineyard Haven Front Porch   1 comment
• » There’s Something About Ted: Special Honors for Mr. Morgan
• » Debating U.S. Foreign Policy Quagmire   1 comment
• » Counselors Offer Special Help For Witnesses to Cyclist’s Death
• » Tisbury Street Fair Celebrates a Town Birthday With Food, Music, Frolic   1 comment

• » Breaking News: Monday, July 12
  Coast Guard Menemsha on Fire   6 comments
• » Bike Accident Claims a Life   1 comment
• » Heat and Holiday Sales Boost Island Businesses
• » Raising a Glass (or Two) in Tisbury   8 comments
• » Four Win Homes in Lambert’s Cove
• » Hottest Commodity for Sale? Try Sand from Sengekontacket
• » Island Finds Ways to Keep Cool as Heat Wave Melts Northeast
• » Jaws Returns to Show Lives Shaped by Film

• » News Update: Tuesday, July 6
  Woman Cyclist Dies in Truck Accident   6 comments
• » Watch Out for Sharks, The Coast Guard Warns In First-of-Its Kind Alert   2 comments
• » Festive Fourth Filled With Flags and Sparkle   2 comments
• » Where Oaks Die, Blueberries Live In Ever-Changing Forest
• » Relic of World War II Ready For Replacement; But How?   1 comment
• » Vineyard Fishermen Join Forces Against Idea of Lobster Ban

• » Vineyard Fishermen Sue in U.S. Court to Block Cape Wind Associates   3 comments
• » Woods Hole Institution Plays Key Role in Oil Spill Research
• » Towns Put Under Pier Pressure From Waterfront Homeowners
• » Forecast is Fine for Flags, Floats, Fireworks
• » Behind the Birth of Vineyard Revolution   1 comment
• » Police Chief is Ready to March in New Parade

• » Principal Binney Abruptly Announces Resignation From Oak Bluffs School
• » Jason Canha Is Awarded A Bronze Star for Service
• » Law Adds Scope for Changing How Health Care Is Delivered
• » Tigers Clip Cardinals, but Community Soars at Little League Championship
• » Farm Institute Names Executive Director

• » Land Bank Stats Show Steady Real Estate Sales, Signaling Slow Recovery
• » Sheriff’s Meadow Sues Beach Association   6 comments
• » State Rejects Katama Airfield Plan   2 comments
• » Noman’s Land Plan Sees Lively Debate
• » West Tisbury Wrestles With Novel Way to Grow Affordable Housing   1 comment
• » Beds Fill Fast After Hospital’s Seamless Move

• » Bidding War for Ray Ellis Painting Brings Record $250,000 to Trust
• » Bombs and Birds: Noman’s Plan Discussed   1 comment
• » State Fisheries Director Nixes Lobster Hatchery Revival Idea
• » Church Expansion Plan Stirs Controversy in Neighborhood   1 comment
• » Dubliner, Irish Music Expert Dies While Swimming in Bay
• » Did Someone Say Soccer? Vineyard Boys’ Scoring Sprees Send Teams to State Finals

• » Breaking News: Sunday, June 20
  Irish Musician Dies in Katama Bay
• » Wasserman Report Backs Police Merger in Oak Bluffs, Tisbury   1 comment
• » Hospital Doubles Down to Move, Opening New Rooms on Tuesday
• » Vineyard Power Cooperative Plugs Into Big Energy Picture
• » Who Moved My Dumpster? Trash Piles Up No Matter What   10 comments
• » Myles Thurlow, Man Behind the Spars
• » New Ambulance Chief is Tower of Experience

• » Class of 2010 Celebrates Commencement   9 comments
• » Riprap Ruling Lands in Court
• » Research Traces Piping Plover’s Trip from Bahamas to Aquinnah
• » Selectmen, MVC Puzzle Over Hazardous Crossing Redesign
• » Red Pickup Returns With Bounty For West Tisbury Farmers’ Market

• » Oak Bluffs and Tisbury Launch Talks to Merge Two Police Departments   1 comment
• » Wampanoags Pitch Their Casino Plan
• » Beer, Wine Licensing Begins With Four Quick Approvals
• » A Class of Individuals With Group Sense
• » Whiz at School, Beach Bum at Heart
• » Students Reflect: Pride, Prejudice Set Off by Scarf   5 comments

• » Lobster Stocks Found Failing   5 comments
• » Graduates Win Approval to Wear Brazilian Colors   27 comments
• » Post-Season Power: Tennis, Lacrosse Wins
• » Skies Clear for Charter School Graduates
• » Safety Concerns About Bridge Railing   2 comments
• » Island Grown Initiative Lands Grant to Study Slaughterhouse

• » Severe Coastal Erosion Collapses Cliff, Creating Hazards at Lucy Vincent   2 comments
• » New Threat is Loving Vineyard Forests to Death
• » No Powering Cafe Moxie This Summer
• » Please Drive Around Potholes: Oak Bluffs Coffers Are Empty   2 comments
• » Cause Determined In 2008 Plane Crash   1 comment
• » Marine Hospital, Summer Camp, History for Sale

• » School Denies Brazilian Colors   29 comments
• » A Patriotic Parade for All Ages   1 comment
• » Runway Expands as Air Traffic Drops   2 comments
• » Smoke But No Fire: Canadian Blazes Cause Hazy Skies Here
• » New Energy at Morning Glory: Turbine Ready, Farmstand Firing   2 comments
• » Founder of Playhouse Created Legacy in Community Theatre

• » State Suddenly Reverses, Saying Sengekontacket Must Be Closed June 1   3 comments
• » Woods Hole Scientists Say Old Falmouth Spill Is a Case Study for Gulf   1 comment
• » Furloughs Ordered At Family Planning
• » Teen Driver in 2009 Fatal Crash Is Sent to Prison for One Year
• » Parents Appeal in School Marijuana Case   1 comment
• » Sculpted 15 Years Ago, Viet Nam Memorial Finally Finds a Home   1 comment

• » News Update: Friday, May 21
  Teenage Driver Sentenced to Jail   1 comment
• » FAA Says Yes To Cape Wind   2 comments
• » Ferries Are In at New Oak Bluffs Terminal
• » Few Fishermen Join Saltwater Registry   1 comment
• » Music, Dancing, Comedy Begin Again This Summer at Nectar’s   3 comments
• » Cape Air Owner Runs for State Senate   1 comment
• » YMCA Set to Open Next Month, With $3.5 Million Still Needed

• » Household Electric Bills Will Rise Only Slightly Under Cape Wind Deal   6 comments
• » Coyote Threat Sparks Hunting Discussion   5 comments
• » Aquinnah Voters Abandon Land Sale
• » Rules Are Set, But No Beer, Wine Yet
• » Oak Bluffs Wins Dredge Permit, But $500,000 No Longer Enough   1 comment
• » Stan Hart Pens the Ending Just Under Deadline   3 comments

• » War Chest of $20 Million Spent to Fight Cape Wind; Legal Maneuvers Begin   1 comment
• » Board Readies Beer, Wine License Rules
• » Aquinnah Town Meeting Sees Walter Delaney Give up Gavel
• » Same Place Next Year? Scientists Wonder if Whales Will Be Back
• » Director of the E.R. Leaves Unexpectedly   2 comments
• » Duty Takes Anthony Sullo to Iraq, Afghanistan, Haiti Before Home   1 comment
• » Caitlyn Francis Joins Champion Equestrian Team   3 comments

• » Interior Secretary Approves Cape Wind   4 comments
• » Tisbury Beer, Wine Sales Win Strong Voter Backing   3 comments
• » Power Cooperative Grows Membership, Begins to Map Plan
• » Nectar’s Aims to Buy Nightclub With Liquor Store Part of Deal   6 comments
• » Chilmark Rejects Turbine Moratorium
• » Radio Wits Will Take the Microphone For Summer’s Possible Dreams Auction   1 comment

• » Breaking News: Wednesday, April 28
  Cape Wind Wins Approval   8 comments
• » Tisbury Approves Beer, Wine Sales; Reelects Tristan Israel   3 comments
• » Voters Head to the Polls Tuesday to Decide Beer, Wine Question in Tisbury
• » Huge Group of Rare Whales Off Vineyard   1 comment
• » Wind Turbine Moratorium Tops Chilmark Annual Town Meeting   1 comment
• » No Hurt, No Blues, No Service in Oak Bluffs   1 comment
• » Stuck Up: Drawbridge Stops Traffic
• » Fishermen Feud Over Horseshoe Crab Protection   2 comments

• » Oak Bluffs Rejects Overrides; Gail Barmakian is Selectman
• » Bullying Feared in Teen Attack   2 comments
• » Oak Bluffs Voters Bog Down Over Difficult Budget Choices
• » Edgartown Agrees to Fresh Start for a Library Expansion Plan
• » Tisbury Moderator Celebrates One Night Stand for Her Town
• » West Tisbury Finds Compromise on Mill Pond Dredging Dispute
• » Pond Problems: Old-Fashioned Or Costly Relief   2 comments

• » Breaking News: Thursday, April 15
  Oak Bluffs Voters Reject Override
• » News Update: Wednesday, April 14
  Three Town Meetings Finish; Oak Bluffs Continues
• » News Update: Tuesday, April 13
  Tribe Expecting Cape Wind Approval   5 comments
• » Rent Shortfall Cues Scramble   2 comments
• » Oak Bluffs Must Settle Again Its Issues Over Tax and Spend
• » Edgartown Voters to Decide Library, Ambulance Monies
• » Mill Pond, Church Restoration Top the West Tisbury Warrant
• » Tisbury Budget Kept in Check During Lean Economic Times
• » New Hospital Opens to Public on Sunday
• » Vineyard Resident Recognized With Congressional Gold Medal

• » News Update: Monday, April 5
  Shortfall in Rent Subsidies for April   1 comment
• » Island Coyote Reports Proven In Lab Results   7 comments
• » Lottery Lands Lucky Seven in Affordable West Tisbury Housing Neighborhood   11 comments
• » Skate Park Called Hazardous as Insurer Recommends Closure   3 comments
• » Tribe Bay Scallop Study Shows Sanctuaries Can Revive Fishery
• » Mill Pond Dredge Question To Be Decided in West Tisbury
• » Rubber Meets Connector Road in Vote
• » Quansoo Conservation Land Leads to New Road

• » Sengekontacket Pond Opens for Shellfishing After Three Summers
• » Edgartown Extends Bay Scallop Season
• » Honored Nurse Marvels at New Hospital   1 comment
• » Housing Fund Shake Up: No New Debt, No Galas   2 comments
• » Nearing Completion, YMCA Puts Outdoor Plans to MVC
• » Pretty Vacant? Landlords Say Not for Long
• » Poetic License in Beer, Wine Question Leaves Voters Puzzled
• » Bullies Exploit Tech to Augment Their Torment

• » News Update: Friday, March 19
  Island Man Arrested on Rape Charges   10 comments
• » Hospital Ranks Fifth in Cost   1 comment
• » Cuttyhunkers Win Comcast Net Reversal
• » More Rules Loom for Lobstermen   1 comment
• » Tom Osmers Always Had Oysters and Pearls of Wisdom to Share   4 comments
• » Spring Burns Begin Across Island to Dampen Danger of Big Fires

• » News Update: Wednesday, March 17
  Prescribed Burn Thursday in Katama
• » Companies Rush to Bring Faster Internet Service
• » Cuttyhunk Combats Comcast on Wireless   9 comments
• » Volunteers Feed Record Number of Islanders
• » Voters to Face Seven Per Cent Tax Hike in Budget Questions   2 comments
• » Congressman Bill Delahunt Reflects
• » Owners Remove Willows Blocking Tashmoo Views   4 comments
• » Tonight’s Party Is Tomorrow’s Job Interview   5 comments

• » Housing Fund Cutbacks Begin   4 comments
• » Shiver Me Timbers: Old Wreck Exposed   2 comments
• » Tribe Spurns Offer From Cape Wind To Pay $1 Million   5 comments
• » Fishermen Persuade Selectmen to Abandon Insurance Decree
• » Festival Finds Itself Sitting Pretty on Chilmark Sofas at Ten Years
• » Prophet of Doom Finds Joy as Film Stirs Efforts to Survive Oil Crisis   12 comments

• » News Update: Saturday, February 27
  Basketballers Stopped in Second Round
• » Tribal Member Disputes Claim of Sacred Ground   8 comments
• » Boys Advance in State Tournament
• » Coast Guard Search and Rescue Sees Giant Leap of Technology   1 comment
• » Crow Hollow Farm Future is Uncertain
• » Washed Ashore, Lost Sea Turtle Found Friends
• » Signs or Icons? State Shrugs   3 comments

• » State Arbitrators Decide Tisbury Police Contract, Ending a Long Dispute   1 comment
• » Menemsha Fishermen Must Pay More   1 comment
• » Summer Parking Means Business; Tickets Now Punched at Home
• » Vision of True Vineyard Energy Independence   18 comments
• » Seed is Planted for Two-Town Shellfish Management Program   1 comment
• » Snow Falling Beneath the Sea, And Other Antarctic Wonders

• » Board Says No Permit Change   1 comment
• » Vineyard Power Gets Fired Up
• » Fiber Optic Backers Pitch Boost To the Economy and Bandwidth   2 comments
• » Library Plan Returns to Square One
• » Saving, Making and Giving: Four Years of Our Island Club Success
• » 70 Years Later, Ozzie and Rene Still Smooching   3 comments

• » Interior Secretary Pays Visit to Wampanoags   6 comments
• » Supreme Court Arguments Set   2 comments
• » Oak Bluffs Plots the Future With Rising Sea in Mind   16 comments
• » Firefighter, Builder Dan Prowten Dies in Predawn Home Blaze   2 comments
• » Chamber of Commerce Appeals to Towns for Rooms Tax Money   2 comments
• » Too Short on Funds, Edgartown Library Project May Start Over   5 comments

• » News Update: Tuesday, February 2
  Interior Secretary Visits Cape Wind Site   1 comment
• » Edgartown Woman Dies in Car Crash
• » Christiantown Fire Claims Life of Islander
• » Federal Offshore Energy Plans Dwarf Cape Wind   4 comments
• » Court Backs Public Right to Ancient Way
• » Grants Help YMCA, School Resolve Sewer Snag by April
• » U.S. Census Arrives, Bringing Paid Work And Taking Numbers
• » Utopian Vision for Oak Bluffs Waterfront Carries High-End Price Tag of $7 Million
• » Altruism Sends Early Graduate To East Africa

• » Foreclosures, Joblessness Up
• » Bill Is Called Not Fair Game
• » In Chilmark, Six Tickets to American Dream
• » Wind Rules: Making Up Is Hard to Do   5 comments
• » Vineyard Veers Right but Votes Against Republican Victor   5 comments
• » A Century Later, Epic Sea Rescue Is Remembered   8 comments

• » Island Tribe, Cape Wind Resist Plan to Relocate Turbines to Tuckernuck   5 comments
• » Nectar’s Plan Clouded by License Snafu   11 comments
• » Change Requested in Housing Permit
• » From Principal’s Office to Front: Mr. Halt Goes to Afghanistan   1 comment
• » Tisbury Weighs Costs of Benefits As Some Get More Than Others   1 comment
• » State Election Tuesday
• » Vineyarders’ Ties Bring Tragedy In Haiti Home

• » State’s Final Ocean Management Plan Exempts Gosnold from MVC Review
• » Ruling by Park Service Favors Tribes; Secretary Salazar Calls a Summit   4 comments
• » Expectations Ebb for Island Economy   1 comment
• » Trust Seeks to Change Housing Covenants   4 comments
• » Preferring to Crank, Chilmark Will Test Vote Machine Mandate
• » A Church Dies, Leaves Legacy Of Community   2 comments

• » White House to Bleak House, Year of Challenges on Island   1 comment
• » We’ll Take a Rain Check on That Weather
• » Drivers to Cross New Bridge This Week   3 comments

• » Land Bank Sees Revenues Fall
• » Committee Balks at Use of Green Fund   1 comment
• » First on Water, Now on Land: MVC Pauses Wind Power Plans
• » Seniors Shape Plans Amid Unknowns   1 comment
• » Bright Energy Plan or Big Waste? John McCain Aims at Vineyard   11 comments

• » Bradley Square Set for Redesign   1 comment
• » Bridge Housing Project Falters
• » Housing Trust Gets Fresh Start On Design of Lake Street Plan
• » Commission Adopts Island Plan Over Critics of Its Vision of Vineyard Future
• » Wind Restrictions Could Thwart Farmers’ Plan to Power Schools   2 comments
• » How We’re Spending Stimulus Money   1 comment
• » Lost in Dramas, Hellman Legacy Makes Entrance   1 comment

• » Fund Appeals To Town CPC   7 comments
• » Fighting to Help a New Class of Homeless
• » Tisbury Completes $7 Million Deal
• » Plan to Protect Striped Bass Has Island Fishermen at Odds   6 comments
• » Stocking Stuffers for Needy Find More Need Than Ever This Year
• » The Teacher Travels to Israel to Harvest Spirit in Sabbatical

• » News Update: Tuesday, December 8
  Tisbury Emergency Building Gets Go-Ahead
• » News Update: Monday, December 7
  Man Injured in Chappy Hunting Accident
• » Housing Fund Cites Achievements But Shifts Rent Assistance to Towns   3 comments
• » Hospital Property Swap Will Allow Parking Lot Expansion
• » Island Plan Set for Commission Vote, But Edgartown Board Says Not So Fast   1 comment
• » In Hard Times, Record Numbers Turn to, and Give to, Food Pantry
• » Six Candidates Seek Ted Kennedy’s Seat
• » Turtle Turns Up in Right Place at Right Time

• » Gosnold Embraces Wind Farm Plan   4 comments
• » Quiet Please, Across the Seas: Pause Ships to Hear the Fish
• » Mediation Program is Without Rival
• » Home Buyers Give Island an October Jolt
• » Saltwater License Law Takes Effect in January   6 comments
• » Of Fishermen, Facebook and Flying Saucers

• » Housing Fund Gifts Declined   3 comments
• » Aquinnah Voters Adopt Rules on Wind Turbines   1 comment
• » Emergency Services Plan Goes To Ballot After Tisbury Meeting
• » Beer, Wine Plan Hiccup: How Many Is Too Many?
• » Greenest Design in America Is Right Here   4 comments
• » Community Services Posts Budget Deficit as Demand Waxes
• » Football Fans Lament Loss of Big Game

• » News Update: Tuesday, November 17
  Tisbury Voters Spend Big
• » News Update: Tuesday, November 17
  School Flu Clinics Set in Edgartown, Tisbury
• » State Energy Secretary Delivers Concessions on the Oceans Plan   2 comments
• » Tribe Scores a Key Win In Fight Over Cape Wind   1 comment
• » Heroin Bust Nets Two Suspected Dealers   3 comments
• » Rental Assistance Money is Covered For Three Months
• » Third Test for Wind Bylaw, Rewritten for Aquinnah to Pass
• » Seven Million Dollar Questions to Face Tisbury Voters Tuesday
• » Katharine Tweed, Founder of Tashmoo Press, Dies at Age 89

• » News Update: Wednesday, Nov. 11
  Flu Clinic Oversubscribed
• » Drug Suspects Arrested at Ferry   3 comments
• » Islandwide DCPC Voted Over Water; Edgartown Opts Out of One on Land   3 comments
• » Housing Fund Runs Into Money Trouble   3 comments
• » Flu Hits High School Hard;
  Clinic Nov. 11
• » Surprise Terminal Teardown
• » Town Selectman, Businessman Spar Over Liquor Storage Rules
• » Hunting for Balance Amid Homes, Deer And Natural Diversity   1 comment
• » Soldiers Find Solace in Boxes From Islanders

• » News Update: Wednesday, November 4
  Some School H1N1 Clinics Set for Monday
• » Gov. Deval Patrick Gives Vineyard Cold Shoulder On Oceans Plan Meeting   7 comments
• » Energy Project Wins Big $800,000 Grant
• » Preschool Flu Clinic Set as Virus Spreads
• » Costs Take Early Learning Out Of Reach for Vineyard Families   4 comments
• » Man is in Custody After Tense Standoff
• » Bacteria Tracked To Broken Mains
• » Blue Mussel Farm Planted at Sea, Raising Hopes for Future Fishery
• » Flat Point Farm Sows Concerns For Great Pond

• » News Update: Thursday, October 29
  Football Canceled Due to Flu
• » Island Asked to Join Federal-State Task Force on Big Wind   5 comments
• » Secretary Bowles Calls Conflict Understandable   5 comments
• » Swine Flu Vaccine Shortage Hits; Clinic to Cover Seasonal Flu Only
• » Edgartown Voters Face Spending Choices at Special Town Meeting
• » Oak Bluffs Voters Slash Budget and Approve Sewer Expansion   1 comment
• » Galloping Start for Bay Scallopers Suggests Best Season in a Decade

• » State Rep. Tim Madden Joins Chorus of Critics Over Draft Oceans Plan   6 comments
• » Oak Bluffs Voters to Confront Budget Cuts, Sewer Expansion
• » Derby Days Draw to Close With Wind, Rain   1 comment
• » Cue the Violins: School’s Chief Puts Strings Program on Block
• » Two-Stop Flu Clinic Will Offer Two Vaccines if State Delivers
• » Dredging Debate Splits Mill Pond Planners, Town   1 comment

• » SSA Uncovers Embezzlement   2 comments
• » Cause of Water Contamination Unknown
• » Chilmark Charts Safer Town Beaches
• » After Teen’s Pit Bull Attacks Another Dog, Tisbury Board Votes Biggie Off the Island   9 comments
• » Slime Spread Sends Scientists Diving Seas, Searching for Clues
• » May Look Like Any Other, But This House Is All Green

• » Commission Votes for DCPC   3 comments
• » Contaminated Water Troubles Hit Town   1 comment
• » Child Care is Less Affordable After State Cuts Close Program
• » No Coffee, No Ice, No Water to Drink; Oak Bluffs Copes
• » Sengekontacket Pond Opens, Then Closes
• » Young Humpback Whale Pays a Surprise Visit to Edgartown
• » Living Local This Year Takes Up Talking About Next Generation   1 comment

• » News Update: Wednesday, Sept. 30
  Monday Tests Are Clean
• » News Update: Monday, Sept. 28
  Free Bottled Water in Oak Bluffs   2 comments
• » News Update: Saturday, Sept. 26
  Town Water Contaminated   5 comments
• » Islanders Rail Against Oceans Plan   6 comments
• » Oak Bluffs Voters Confront Hard Choices in Budget Cuts   1 comment
• » Edgartown’s Financial Picture Brightens, Opening Door for Town Employee Raises
• » Nightclub Owners Plan Second Act
• » Veterans Visit the Vineyard for Taste of Derby Action   1 comment

• » Commission to Vote Islandwide DCPC in Direct Challenge to Oceans Plan   2 comments
• » Energy Cooperative Outlined as Powerful Idea for the Island   1 comment
• » Annual State Test Scores Label Island Schools High Performers   1 comment
• » High School Scrambles to Cover $300,000 Deficit for This Year
• » Bill Honey, Longtime Banker, Farmer, Man of Land Dies at 89
• » Derby to Welcome Disabled Veterans For Fishing Blitz
• » New Meets Old Around Town Hall

• » Selectmen, County Commission Hope to Slow State Wind Plan   5 comments
• » Pond Project Interrupted By Found Indian Artifact   1 comment
• » Weak Economy Leads to Talk About More Regional Services   3 comments
• » First Day for Chilmark Students Who May Enjoy Toys Provided by Principal
• » Twitter of Excitement for Derby Start
• » Leading Lady Turns Director In Her Next Act

• » Power Struggle Looms in Plans to Regulate Wind Turbines at Sea   4 comments
• » Oak Bluffs School Bears Budget Cuts   7 comments
• » Falling School Enrollment Levels Off
• » Take Me Out to the Ball Game at New Veterans Memorial Park
• » Stolen Poultry at the Fair Leaves Owners, Organizers Asking Why   2 comments
• » Tracing Origins of Brazilians on the Island   13 comments

• » School Swine Flu Vaccines Planned to Avert Outbreak   1 comment
• » Where to Put Temporary Offices After 30 Years?
• » Governor Patrick Leads Remarks at Ceremony for Bradley Square   2 comments
• » Reporting Live From The Press Pool Bus, Where Tedium Rules
• » After Last Stop at Alley’s, And Storms of All Kinds, First Family Bids Farewell

• » Obamas Will Leave Tonight to Attend Kennedy Funeral
• » Presidential Holidays Are Not All Created Equal   4 comments
• » Notes From the Press Pool: Bits and Pieces Shape News
• » Ted Kennedy Fought to Protect Island
• » Energy Issues Concern Island   2 comments
• » Governor Plans Visit For Housing Project
• » Unlikely Events Recall Story of This President   2 comments

• » News Update: Wednesday, August 26
  Hailed as Liberal Lion, Senator Kennedy Dies at 77   11 comments
• » President Obama and Family Arrive; One Week Vacation Begins Quietly   9 comments
• » Please Excuse Us While We Have a Calf, and Other Wonders of the Annual Fair
• » Air Space Restrictions Disrupt Angel Flights Service After All   10 comments
• » Longtime Activist Julian Bond’s Advice Is Still Agitate, Organize   2 comments

• » News Update: Sunday, August 23
  President and First Family Arrive on Vineyard for Vacation
• » President Obama is Due to Arrive Sunday; Public, Press Barred from Airport   40 comments
• » Town Forced to Cut Deeply
• » Racial Equality Long Way Off, Say Speakers Led by Skip Gates   9 comments
• » Town Ponders Stronger Safety Protocols on Atlantic Beaches   1 comment
• » Camp Ground Twinkles With History
• » Fair Weather Shines on Fairgrounds
• » Cyrus Vance Jr. Campaigns on Tough Justice

• » Layoffs Appear Certain in Oak Bluffs, As Deepening Financial Crisis Looms
• » Swine Flu Kills Oak Bluffs Man With No Other Health Issues
• » Fair Time Again in West Tisbury
• » Flight Restrictions Will Close Katama Airfield Next Week   17 comments
• » His Homework Is to Set Bankers’ Pay   1 comment
• » Civil Rights Leader Learned Young: All Politics Is Economic

• » Breaking News: Monday, August 17
  Dukes County Resident Dies in First Fatal Swine Flu Case
• » Island Plan is Completed, With Recommendations For Sustainable Vineyard
• » Panel Tackles Issues of Race   2 comments
• » Head of Housing Fund Resigns, Just as Bradley Square Begins
• » Tisbury Leaders Cast Wary Eye On Green Community Program
• » Tending Oysters for Future of Ecosystem
• » Taylor’s Tune: Money Makes Terrific Music   3 comments

• » Ohio Man Dies in Swimming Incident
• » Between Island and Disaster Sits Peter Martell at Wesley Hotel
• » Inside Story on the Bernie Madoff Scandal; Reporter Lucinda Franks Tells All Thursday   4 comments
• » Sow Native, Ecologist Counsels
• » Loping for Lobster Again in Chilmark

• » News Update: Monday, August 10
  Second Death in South Shore Waters
• » First Family Arrival Date Set at August 23   7 comments
• » Possible Dreams Review: Auction Organizers Call It Unqualified Success
• » Guarding Island Beaches Can Challenge Even Fittest   3 comments
• » Wastewater Plan Must Include Costly Mitigation for Aquifer   1 comment
• » Chilmark Road Race Saturday Will See Exactly 1,500 Runners
• » See America’s Amazing Race Through History

• » New Hampshire Man Drowns At Quansoo Cut on Saturday   1 comment
• » State Bill to Take Over Sheriffs Ready for Governor’s Signature
• » After Beer, Skip Gates Offers Substance   13 comments
• » Fish Stocks Can Rebound, Report Says

• » News Update: Sunday, August 2
  Weekend Tragedy: Drowning off Tisbury Great Pond
• » Island Hospital Fees Are High
• » Managing Menemsha in Summer
• » Stay Too Long and Catch a Ticket   1 comment
• » All the News That’s Fit to Print or All That Fits in a Tweet?
• » Dreams for Sale Monday in Ocean Park   1 comment
• » Ten Thousand Paws on Mean Streets of Island

• » Eroding Bluff Threatens Scenic Drive Along East Chop; Repairs Are Needed   3 comments
• » Three Women Honored by NAACP   1 comment
• » Seven Gates Land Reclassified, Bringing Tax Relief to Owners
• » Monster Shark Tournament Is Hampered by High Seas, Wind   1 comment
• » Edgartown Selectmen Commend Lifesavers   2 comments

• » First Family’s Vacation Plans Take Shape Around Familiar Chilmark Farm   132 comments
• » Can We Save the Ponds by Eating Oysters?   1 comment
• » Shoddy Construction Caused Rot in Town School, Report Finds   1 comment
• » Field Club Funds Prompt Buy-Low Plan
• » Telethon Raises Funds For Housing Crisis
• » It’s a Good Time to Buy Lobster, as Prices Plummet; Fishermen Worry About Future
• » Mad Law Prof Savors Moment in Creative Arts

• » SSA Projects Threatened by Stimulus Money Snarl   1 comment
• » Obama Air Space Curbs Worry Pilots   51 comments
• » Shark Tournament Participation Down From a Year Ago   2 comments
• » Fathers, Sons and Holy Ghost Festival: Families Carry On Portuguese Tradition   2 comments
• » Tuscany Inn to Reopen as Buyer Finds Auction Property Bargains
• » Voices Carry Wampanoag Lives, Tribal History Back to the Cliffs

• » News Update: Friday, July 17
  White House Confirms First Family Vineyard Vacation
• » Breaking News: Friday, July 17
  Walter Cronkite Has Died   5 comments
• » Vineyard Security Plans Taking Shape for Obamas
• » African American Community Blasts Magazine Article   7 comments
• » Sheriff’s Meadow Celebrates 50th Anniversary
• » Busy Weekend Regatta in Tisbury Benefits Sail Martha’s Vineyard
• » Private Beach Association Offers Town a Million Dollars for Sand   4 comments
• » Statistics Trace Boost in Summer Rentals
• » His Rare Touch Will Transform Piano Playing

• » Breaking News: Wednesday, July 15, 6:35 pm
  Obama Will Vacation on Vineyard
• » Study: High Tick Disease Rates   1 comment
• » Historian Looks at Americans in Paris
• » Main Street, USA: Tisbury Street Fair Draws Colorful Crowd, Despite Delay
• » Library Refit Hits Big Price Tag Snag   2 comments
• » Gallery of Strong Women Reigns Over the Art Scene in Edgartown

• » Community Services Reports Budget Shortfall in Needy Times   3 comments
• » Dredging at Little Bridge
• » Bend in Road Beach Done, Redone   2 comments
• » Lucy Vincent’s Disappearing Act   2 comments
• » Putting Wind in Sails of Island Children
• » Bill Lee Hurls Verbal Curves For Big Hitters
• » Documentary Film Follows Luis Tiant To Cuba Homeland

• » Tribe Says Draft Ocean Map to Allow Turbines May Spoil Scenic Views   11 comments
• » Conservation Agent Vexed by Violations   3 comments
• » Robert McNamara Leaves Island Legacy   1 comment
• » Street Fair to Spark Better Kind of Sizzle on Main Street, Tisbury
• » It’s Like Instant Summer: Visitors Pack Onto Vineyard-Bound Boats, Wallets Tight

• » Obama Aides Close In On First Family Home For Likely August Visit   19 comments
• » Plan Okays Turbines in Vineyard Waters   1 comment
• » Recession Hits Nonprofits Hard
• » Where Did All the Money Go? Professor Robert Solow Explains
• » Holiday Promises Sun, Scent of Barbecue
• » Civil War Memorial Gets a New Shine Amid Cannonballs in Edgartown Park
• » Hellcat Finally Gets What She Deserves: Creative Living Award   1 comment

• » Hospital Annual Report Details Lower Operating Gains, Investment Losses
• » Fishermen Cry Foul At Loss of Herring   1 comment
• » Telephone Solicitors Are Legitimate, If Annoying
• » Terms of Chief’s Departure Disclosed
• » Farm Takes the Kids Out of the Bronx

• » Falling Values Hit Real Estate   2 comments
• » The Six Hundred Million Dollar Plan
• » Help Wanted? Not This Year
• » Vineyard Fishermen Win Sector in Fisheries Management Overhaul
• » Critics Assail, Owner Defends Home Planned at Pond’s Edge   1 comment
• » Goose-About-Oak Bluffs Finds Temporary Home at Bird Park

• » Island Fishermen Plead Case for Sectors
• » Affordable Housing Poses Dilemmas for Chilmark
• » Rev. Cathlin Baker is Installed At West Tisbury Congregational
• » Vineyard Welcomes Another Summer   2 comments
• » Original Musical Shines a Spotlight On Unsung Wives of Vineyard Whalers
• » Loose Goose Keeps To Circuit Crosswalk   1 comment

• » Teen Driver Charged With Motor Vehicle Homicide   3 comments
• » Youth and Alcohol: Hard Questions, Few Answers   6 comments
• » Pothier Family is Surrounded by Friends and Remembrance   1 comment
• » No Quorum In Edgartown
• » Mystery of the Missing Horseshoe Crabs   4 comments
• » Tear-Down Plan for 18th Century House Provokes Heritage Debate in Chilmark   2 comments
• » Adventures of a Father and Son, Hunting for Good Times Together   1 comment

• » News Update: Wednesday, June 17
  Criminal Charges Against Teen Driver
• » Car Accident Claims One Young Life; Charges to Be Sought Against Driver
• » Commission Challenges Cape Wind   6 comments
• » Gourmet Stroll Is Tasty Tribute to Preserving Island Landmarks   1 comment
• » Oak Bluffs Cleared to Build Fuel Dock on the Harbor
• » Judging Bookstore, Buying Covers At Bunch of Grapes Reopening   2 comments

• » News Update: Friday, June 12, 9 pm
  Youth in Fatal Car Accident   20 comments
• » High School Class of 2009 Prepares to Face the Future
• » Shattered Peace on North Road   6 comments
• » Class Valedictorian Headed to Wheaton
• » Confusion Reigns Over Grant for the Oak Bluffs Waterfront
• » Columnist and Island Historian Isabel W. West Dies at Age 97
• » Ravaged by Fire, A Book Store Returns to Life   2 comments

• » Trading Caps for Flowers in Their Hair, Nine Charter School Students Graduate
• » Town Takes Fuel Dispute to MVC   2 comments
• » Arcane Groundwater Problem Plagues Commercial District
• » Swine Flu Case Confirmed on Island

• » Town Tackles Budget Crisis
• » Cape Wind is Moving Ahead   4 comments
• » Downturn Colors Outlook for Summer
• » Nine Charter School Graduates Shine
• » Edgartown Bill Comes Due: MVC Assessment Must Be Paid
• » On the Defensive, Selectman Declares Government is Open
• » Eelgrass Makes A Comeback In Katama Bay

• » Sengekontacket Pond Summer Closure Begins; Conflicts Remain Over Data   3 comments
• » Letter Over Police Chief Never Aired   6 comments
• » Longtime Florida Educator is Picked to Head Chilmark School
• » Girls’ Lacrosse Team Ends Dream Season With a Tough Loss to Powerful Hingham
• » Busy Bees: Swarming Season Has Home Hive-Busters on the Hop

• » News Update: Friday, May 29
  Winning Streak Ends for Vineyard Girls
• » Awash in Red Ink, Town Faces Employee Layoffs   1 comment
• » Archaeological Board Gives Blue Mussel Farm a Green Light
• » Chappy Heliport Plan Will Not Fly, Says Superior Court Judge   1 comment
• » Police Chief’s Comments to a Newspaper Two Years Ago Are Remarkably Similar   3 comments
• » Girls Advance in State Tournament   2 comments
• » Vineyard Hospice Plans Expansion
• » Activist Laurie David Cited For Wetlands Violations   3 comments

• » News Update: Wednesday, May 27
  Vineyarders win again: Girls Lacrosse team powers into second round   1 comment
• » Chief Cashin Is Ousted; Selectmen Order Review   2 comments
• » Harbor Fuel Dispute Erupts in Oak Bluffs   4 comments
• » Three Finalists Are Interviewed For Chilmark Head of School   1 comment
• » The Great Chase: Opening of the Pond Attracts Herring, Bass and Fishermen
• » Fishermen Gather to Celebrate Revival of Home Port, and Point Their Future   1 comment
• » Benefit for Tom Osmers Draws Hundreds   2 comments

• » News Update: Tuesday, May 19
  Tisbury Police Chief Out   8 comments
• » Possible Dreams Auction Will Move to Ocean Park, A Historic Seaside Setting   1 comment
• » Police Chief Lashes Out   6 comments
• » Norton Point Breach Migrates Eastward   3 comments
• » Aquinnah Voters Scrutinize but Agree
• » Voters Face a Slimmer Warrant on Tuesday
• » Wastewater Board Bans New Hookups Until Next Summer   1 comment

• » Oceans Act Draft Map Leaves Island Exposed To Building on the Sea
• » Hotel Rooms Dwindle on the Vineyard
• » Affordable Housing Options Shift With Changing Market   2 comments
• » Genetically Modified Crops? Aquinnah Voters Will Decide
• » Divided Board Kills Plan to Build Performance Stage at the Cliffs
• » Discrimination Complaint Hits Police Department
• » Loss of a Son Leads to Cause for Education

• » Packer Agrees: No Rental Cars
• » Concert at the Cliffs Plan Riles Aquinnah Residents   7 comments
• » MSPCA Hands Over Keys to Shelter
• » Affordable Housing Backers Defend Their Cozy Contracts   1 comment
• » Chilmark Voters Curb Spending
• » Hard Landing in Superior Court For Chappy Helicopter Dispute   5 comments

• » Boatline Traffic Drops Sharply
• » Farmers Seed Plans to Sell Wind Power with Produce   1 comment
• » Confusion Swirls Around Library Project   2 comments
• » Chilmark Town Meeting Monday
• » Improvements To Cell Service Draw Skeptics   2 comments
• » West Tisbury Poet Wins Lilly Prize

• » Tisbury to Petition for Alcohol Sales
• » Oak Bluffs Voters Spend With Caution
• » Edgartown Allows Library Renovations
• » West Tisbury Scrimps on Pay Raises
• » State Cuts Leave Health Care Access Scrambling
• » Quest for Shellfishing Stimulus Millions

• » News Update: Wednesday, April 15
  Town meeting Tuesday: Two Done, two to go on
• » Tisbury Reprises Alcohol Question
• » West Tisbury Set for Salary Debate
• » Oak Bluffs Faces Dredging Decision
• » Edgartown Puts MVC in Spotlight
• » Hospital to Drop Insurance Contract; Many Low-Income Islanders Affected
• » Audacity of Hope for Obama Trip Trumps the Facts

• » Summer Still Uncertain, Island Businesses Find Some Room to Move   2 comments
• » Café Moxie Rebuild Delayed Until Fall
• » Bend in the Road Beach Project Is Littered With Complaints   3 comments
• » Tax Transcends Church and State   1 comment
• » Concert Promoter Claims YMCA Still Owes Money   2 comments
• » Smell Fish? Island Herring Runs Come Alive But Worries Persist

• » County to Act For Pet Shelter
• » Trying to Map Vineyard Winds   2 comments
• » Seasonal Population Is a Moving Target For Census Bureau   1 comment
• » Trader Elio’s? Mr. Silva Brings in the Bargains
• » Director Takes Conservation Step By Step

• » Package Store Plan for Club   9 comments
• » Islanders Take Fresh Look At Age-Old Beach Threats
• » Calls for Tighter Rules on Revetments
• » Energy Projects Pick Up Momentum, Money   4 comments
• » As State Eyes County Takeover, Eyes Roll at Sheriff’s Pay Raise
• » Island Mourns Quiet Aquinnah Medicine Man Luther Madison

• » News Update: Friday, March 13
  Luther Madison, Wampanoag Medicine Man, Dies at 84
• » MSPCA Chief Promises Shelter Will Be Available For Island Animal Home   1 comment
• » YMCA Construction to Begin in April, Fundraising Ongoing
• » Island Banks Hit With Levy   1 comment
• » Spielberg Hooks Rights to Derby Book
• » Seniors Laugh All the Way to the Centers

• » Towns Face $89 Million in Unfunded Liabilities   2 comments
• » Thrift Stores Scrap All Children’s Stock   5 comments
• » Chilmark Home Site Can Stay in Family; Questions Remain
• » Chilmark Scrimps While Value Skyrockets
• » Plan for Stage Venue at Cliffs Passes First Hurdle in Aquinnah
• » Towns Get Creative to Balance Budgets: Can Sheep Take Landscaping Contract?
• » An Ancient Art Lives on at Island Boatyard

• » Town, MVC Prevail in Moshup Trail Case
• » MSPCA Releases Some Financial Data   1 comment
• » Too Quiet in Winter? Try Farming   1 comment
• » Clear Skies Reveal a Hazy Visitor from Outer Space
• » Going, Going, Gone Online: Ferry Islander is Sold on Ebay
• » Boys’ Hockey Team Makes Quarterfinals in State Tournament

• » News Update: Tuesday, February 24
  Hockey Team Advances, Plays Again Wednesday
• » Schools Keep Salary Increases
• » Advance Bookings Reported to Be Down For Vacation Homes and on Boat Line   1 comment
• » Critics Assail Bill to Impose Rental Tax   7 comments
• » Town Moves Over 7,000 Tons of Sand   4 comments
• » MSPCA Defends Decision to Close The Island Shelter   1 comment
• » Food Pantry Runs on Neighborly Charity

• » Jobless Rate is at Record High   2 comments
• » Drunk Driving Cases Fluctuate   1 comment
• » Schooner High and Dry for Repairs — Again   3 comments
• » Many Questions, Few Answers on Closing of MSPCA Shelter
• » School Enrollment Projections Are Revised; Budgets Affected
• » Jabberwockians Star in Original Show on MTV

• » Community Services Sees Skyrocketing Demand; Many People Are in Need
• » MSPCA Head Announces Plan to Close Shelter Here   3 comments
• » Striped Bass Bill Divides Fishermen   8 comments
• » New Marijuana Law Is Cause For Confusion Among Police   5 comments
• » When Times Are Tough, The Cobbler Grows Busy
• » Failboat: Islander Is No Longer Seaworthy, Course Set for eBay   2 comments

• » Congressman Brings News of Stimulus Spending Home to the Tenth District
• » Finance Leaders Call on Town Workers to Give Up Pay Raises
• » Businesses Play Musical Chairs   1 comment
• » Absent the Comforts of Home   2 comments
• » Martha’s Vineyard Commission Budget Comes Under Fire Over Salary Hikes
• » It’s Boom Time For Bone Setter, Plower, Plumber

• » A Green Light For Cape Wind   5 comments
• » Inauguration Day 2009: Island Pauses To Witness History in Washington
• » Lawmakers Confirm Cuts in Local Aid
• » Petition Seeks to End Black Sea Bass, Scup Spring Fishing Season
• » It Takes a Village to Shore Up Town’s Collapsing Waterfront
• » NAACP Brunch Finds There is Much to Celebrate This January

• » Oak Bluffs Already in Red for This Year
• » Worried Edgartown Eliminates Cost of Living Salary Increases
• » Surgery Drop Hits Hospital Bottom Line
• » SSA Gives Hy-Line License Fee Relief
• » Failed Septic Grids Are A Factor in Park Flooding   1 comment
• » Cuts in State Grants Threaten Health Care Access Program
• » Inauguration On the Island: So Free, So Easy
• » What Tie to Choose? Try Classic Obama By Vineyard Vines

• » Towns Scramble to Apply for Federal Money
• » Vineyard Elementary Schools Feel Budget Pinch This Year
• » SSA Goes to Court, Claiming Mr. Packer Lacks Proper License   2 comments
• » Sheriff’s Meadow, State Reach Accord
• » West Tisbury Tax Abatements Soar as Applications Increase
• » Whither Weather, Nobska Foghorn Sounds Nonstop

• » Islanders Hold Fast to Hope in Hard Times   2 comments

• » One Family Shuns Bulldozer to Give Another a Home
• » You Don’t Have a Cell Phone? Good Luck Finding a Pay Phone   1 comment
• » Commission Adopts Green Energy Policy for All New Building and Development
• » So the Ponies Can Go Round and Round   6 comments
• » Airport Runway Project Slated to Begin in 2009; No Expansion

• » Teacher Arrest Stirs Reaction
• » Homelessness Looms in Cold   2 comments
• » Nell Coogan Is Named New Legislative Liaison
• » Aquinnah Scrambles for a Plowman
• » Museum Will Not Move to School; Town Seeks Bids
• » Safe from Hunters, Deer Found Locked Inside Vacant Building
• » Reach Out This Season, To Find What’s Been Lost   1 comment

• » News Update: Wed., Dec. 17
  Nell Coogan Named Legislative Liaison   3 comments
• » News Update: Monday, December 15
  West Tisbury Man Injured in Car Crash
• » Estuaries Study Now Complete   5 comments
• » Voters Preserve Money for Bradley Square
• » Ecologists See a Thousand Acres of Worm-Eaten Trees
• » Big Brother: Homeland Security Regulations Mean Extra ID for Charter, Ferry Captains   4 comments
• » County Funds Run Short Five Months Into Fiscal Year; Budget Cutbacks Loom
• » Elementary Teacher, EMT Arrested for Pornography
• » Museum to Decide: Old School, West Tisbury or Just Stay Put?   1 comment

• » News Update: Saturday, December 6
  Vineyarders Lose Heartbreaker To Amesbury   4 comments
• » Town Prevails in Graham Case
• » Garage Begins To Come Down
• » David M. Flanders Was Country Realtor, Farmer, Man of Land
• » Topsail Schooner and Boatline Spar Over Town Harbor Space   6 comments
• » Super Bowl Road: Vineyard Plays Amesbury for Title Tomorrow
• » Naturalist Rose Treat on the Art Of Living at 100   1 comment

• » News Update: 12/03
  Vineyarders Head to Superbowl   1 comment
• » Island Economic Outlook Darkens, as Land Bank Revenues Drop Sharply
• » High School Principal Trims His Budget
• » Heroin Bust Casts a Spotlight on Island Addiction Problems   1 comment
• » Biggest Ever Scratch Card Winner Still Driving Tour Bus a Year Later
• » Can Someone Tell Me the Way to Tisbury? Compass Saga Leaves Town Directionless
• » Tears and Fears From 150 Years All Housed Here

• » News Update: Saturday, November 22
  Triumphant Vineyarders Carry Home Island Cup
• » Construction Sees a Sharp Downturn
• » Wildest Turkey Case Is Closed   8 comments
• » Preservation Trust Buys Historic Boathouse   2 comments
• » Fracas in Courtroom Follows Heroin Bust   7 comments
• » Tisbury Selectmen Vote to Shift Tax Rate, Favoring Commercial Property Owners
• » Vineyard Travels to Nantucket to Play for Storied Island Cup
• » Young Quarterback Carries Family Legacy to the Snap   1 comment

• » Finance, School Leaders Exchange Budget Woes
• » State Cuts Hit Preschool Care
• » Bay Scallop Fishery on the Rebound
• » Edgartown Will Consider Trust Fund for Housing
• » How Temporary Is Drawbridge? Agency’s Record Raises Doubts   3 comments
• » Brendan O’Neill Has Big Impact On Small Island

• » Election Day 2008: Vineyard Backs Obama All the Way   2 comments
• » Tim Madden Wins With Hefty Vote on Nantucket
• » Beach Road Closure Proposed Amid Race to Replace Bridges
• » High School Braces For Budget Season
• » Striped Bass Index Drops, Anxiety Rises   5 comments
• » Veterans Help Hampered by Security Rules

• » Breaking News: Wednesday, November 5, 12 a.m.
  Nantucket Voters Put Tim Madden Over the Top for State Representative
• » Tuesday Election Nears; Record Turnout Expected And Town Clerks Are Busy
• » County Charter Question Seeks to Reduce Commission Terms
• » Once a Republican Stronghold, Forest of Democrats Grows Here   1 comment
• » Candidates Release Spending Records
• » Bonanza Cranberry Harvest Has Island Growers Seeing Good Red
• » Joe the Plumber on the Island: Pressing Issues, No Press Corps

• » Cause of Plane Crash Unknown
• » SSA Won’t Divert Oak Bluffs Ferries
• » Bunch of Grapes Bookstore is Sold   4 comments
• » State Representative Candidates Battle Over Endorsements
• » Maggie White Stamps Brand On Edgartown   1 comment

• » State Representative Candidates Face Off
• » Sewer Water Seeps Into Park
• » West Tisbury Town Hall Project: Borrowing on Temporary Hold
• » Wall Street Fallout: Harbor View Hotel Halts Construction
• » Fishing Derby Enters Home Stretch
• » Oceans Act Unclear on Power of Review by the Commission

• » Breaking News: Friday, October 10
  Telephone Bankfraud Targets Island Residents   3 comments
• » Construction Industry Falls Off; Long-Term Forecast Uncertain
• » Angels Practice the Art of Organic Gardening
• » Challenges of Home Heating: Energy Experts Offer Tips
• » Real Estate Downturn Continues, With Brokers in the Trenches
• » Second Hand Business Booming; Thrifty Islanders Go Shopping
• » State Representative Race Begins to Take Shape: Crowded Field of Four
• » School Committee Checks Balances
• » Oceans Act Seeks to Regulate Development in State Waters
• » Born in the White House, Pastor to All, Very Rev. Francis B. Sayre Jr. Dies at 93   1 comment

• » Owner of Café Moxie Ready to Rebuild
• » Island Banks Remain Steady Despite A Deepening Crisis in U.S. Economy
• » MCAS Report Card: Oak Bluffs Finds Good News, Bad News
• » Engineers Show Bridge Drawings
• » Tisbury Voters Agree to Relocate Emergency Services Near School
• » President of Edgartown National Bank Dies at Home on Tower Hill at Age of 97
• » Few Dry Eyes in Agricultural Hall Tuesday At Service for Cape Air Pilot Lost in Crash   2 comments

• » Island, Cape Air Mourn Death of Pilot in Crash
• » Tisbury Special Town Meeting Tonight   1 comment
• » Heavy Rains Force Pond Closures
• » Hundreds Turn Out for Harvest Festival

• » News Update: Monday, September 29
  Memorial Gathering Tuesday for Pilot David Willey   22 comments
• » MCAS Scores Released; Most Vineyard Schools Are Strong Performers
• » Pandemic Preparedness Plan Thrown Into Temporary Limbo   4 comments
• » Struggling Nightclub Is Put Up for Sale   2 comments
• » Wind, High Seas, Rainy Forecast; Derby Fishermen Keep Catching   2 comments
• » Shark Tournament Continues to Plague Oak Bluffs; Selectmen Refute Allegations
• » Lyme Disease Study Begins   3 comments

• » Breaking News: Tuesday, 2:30 pm
  Outerland Nightclub Will Close   6 comments
• » Chilmark Voters Reject Home Port Purchase   3 comments
• » Community Services Plan Looks To Improve Programs, Funding
• » Time Out: Warring Sides Seek Bradley Square Peace Accord
• » Saluting West Tisbury Town Hall: Splinters, School Days and All   1 comment

• » Daniel Larkosh Wins Democratic Primary   5 comments
• » Chilmark Vote Set for Monday
• » Historical Commission Moves To Halt Cottage Reconstruction   2 comments
• » A Textbook Derby Leader? No, Just Professor Ogletree
• » Developers of Bradley Square Threaten to Abandon the Project
• » Community Supported Agriculture Runs Out of Money Before Fall Harvest Is In   1 comment
• » Eric Turkington Rides Through Old Battlegrounds on Wistful Day

• » News Update: 9/17/08 4:30pm
  Democratic Primary Saw Voter Disarray On Nantucket   6 comments
• » Veteran Anglers Bring in First Catch of Derby   2 comments
• » Stymied by Problems With Insurance, Burned-Out Café Remains as Rubble
• » Not All School Children Are Vaccinated   3 comments
• » Boatline Takes Up $85 Million Budget; Fuel Costs Dropping
• » At 85, Don Mohr Knows Where All the Fish Are   3 comments

• » Fish Are In, Rods Are Out and Derby Is Ready
• » Stumping on Party Lines, Fives Candidates Speak On Eve of State Primary   1 comment
• » Stocks of Striped Bass Healthy, But Still the Fishermen Worry   1 comment
• » Good News at Sengekontacket: Bacteria Levels Show Decline
• » Festival Film Calls Water the New Oil, As Profits Bottle Up a Public Resource
• » A Quiet Gathering At Unitarian Church Remembers Sept. 11

• » Tisbury Takes the Lead to Rejoin District
• » State Match to Drop for CPA Funds
• » A Crowded Field of Democrats Try for Eric T. Turkington’s Seat
• » Michael Domitrovich Brings Broadway Act To State Beach Stage   1 comment

• » School’s Back, With Pencils and Books, Trusting Looks the Lesson of the Day
• » Home Port Purchase Sees a New Twist   4 comments
• » Selectmen and Tribal Leaders Straighten Misunderstandings
• » Camp Ground House Work Under Scrutiny   1 comment
• » Pint-Sized Pioneers Begin New Program For Growing Special Needs Population
• » Wet Sees Bloom Of Mushrooms Across Vineyard

• » Biologists Identify Algae as Invader Threatening Pond
• » It’s Back to School on Thursday With New Teachers, Fewer Pupils
• » Principal Laury Binney’s Year in Brazil   2 comments
• » Commission Allows Field Club To Make Payment for Housing   3 comments

• » Great Pond Algae Bloom Cause for Serious Study
• » Beans in a Jar, MVC Convenes to Begin Key Talks for Future   3 comments
• » Wind Turbines: Popular and Unregulated
• » Main Street Vineyard Haven Still Adjusting Following Fire   1 comment
• » Shotgun Success for Wedding Industry: Smaller But Still Swish
• » Seals Rebound In Waters Here, Scientists Agree   2 comments

• » Planners Envision Six Thousand New Island Homes, Ask for Input
• » Race May Be to White House, But Island Race Debate Rages
• » From Best in Show to Best Skillet Toss, Winners Take All at Agricultural Fair
• » Clinton Campaigner Keeps Focus on Women

• » Real Estate Remains Slow; Scattered Foreclosures
• » Livestock Show, Fair Begins Under Sunny Skies in West Tisbury
• » Lighting the Lanterns of Tradition
• » Boatline Reexamines Rules of Residency
• » Volunteer Firemen Struggle To Keep the Show Sparkling
• » Aquinnah Selectmen Pull Plug On Pioneering Energy District   1 comment
• » Chilmark Cyclist Competes in Beijing This Week

• » Estuaries Study Moves Ahead
• » Time for Homegrown Thrills at Fair
• » Small Business Loans Open Up for Victims of July Fourth Fire   2 comments
• » Dorothy West’s Highlands Home is Landmark on Heritage Trail

• » Airlines Say Summer Numbers Steady Despite Cost of Fuel, Dipping Economy
• » Cops Per Capita on Vineyard: Most Departments Well Staffed
• » Tashmoo Overlook Versus the Willows   6 comments
• » Ocean Park Concert Review: Fantastic Music, Pricey Tickets   2 comments
• » Uneasiness Over Lyme Disease Spreads   9 comments
• » Booking Bands Is No Easy Act   1 comment

• » Aquinnah Voters Reject Energy Bylaw Calling for Additional Public Hearing
• » Glorious Summer Weather Shines on Festival   5 comments
• » Oak Bluffs Contingent Assists in Sea Rescue of Leatherback
• » Thousands Run for the Lobster
• » Racy 12-Metres Complete Weekend Regatta

• » Oak Bluffs Faces the Music with Pops Concert Planning
• » Donor Fatigue Has Not Arrived — Yet
• » Aquinnah Building Inspector Cites Tribe on Building Permits   2 comments
• » Stalking Cause of Coastal Pollution
• » Provocative Harvard Law Panel Tackles Hard Issues of the Day   3 comments
• » Obama Should Add Clinton to Ticket: White House Advisor   5 comments

• » Dreams Auction Raises Over $560,000
• » Housing Bank Dies in Boston
• » Scramble to Find Accord on Town Energy Bylaw
• » Defender of President Clinton, Greg Craig Stumps for Obama   1 comment
• » All Island Art Show Paints a Pretty Picture
• » Mitch Posin, Clarissa Allen Take Blue Ribbon for Creative Living

• » Summer Sales: Mixed Review
• » Glass, Paper, Cardboard: Recycling Riddle Solved   3 comments
• » Selectmen Sign Deal To Buy Home Port at Far Lower Price   4 comments
• » Catch a Dream at Outerland; Do It for Community Services   1 comment
• » Island Internet Pioneers Recall First Bytes   1 comment
• » U.S. Energy Crisis Sees Sierra Club Unite With Foes   1 comment

• » MVC Balks at Offer from Field Club; Commission Votes for a Hearing
• » Housing Telethon Smashes Record; Fundraiser Nets Over $1 Million
• » Cape League Game is a Huge Hit
• » Edgartown Firemen Take Home the Gold

• » Sheriff’s Meadow Files Plan to Restore Preserves Mined for Native Plants
• » Possible Dreams Tests a Change   4 comments
• » Undeterred by Cost of Fuel, Air Mercy Missions Continue
• » Leaders at Boys’ and Girls’ Club Defend Firings at Thrift Store   4 comments
• » Police Order War Protestors to Move   1 comment
• » Cronig’s Market Owner Studies Shifting Trends   2 comments

• » Tularemia Cases Are Confirmed   1 comment
• » Vineyard Nursing Association Confronts Rapid Expansion
• » Red Cross Reports Blood Supply Hits Summer Low   2 comments
• » It’s Just Wood Until Guitar Fixer for the Stars (And the Soldiers) Flip Scipio Makes it Sing   1 comment

• » Gas Water Heater in Basement Sparked Vineyard Haven Fire
• » Celebrating 50 Years at Polly Hill’s Garden
• » No Real Threat: Shark Experts Seek to Calm the Public Fears   3 comments
• » Wild Turkey Terror Reigns in Up-Island Rural Neighborhood   6 comments
• » Bluesman Maynard Silva Dies at 57   17 comments
• » Azorean Came With a Crown Fit for a Feast

• » No State, Federal Funds to Help After Fire   3 comments
• » Shark Sighting Stirs Media Attention Around World   5 comments
• » Moujabber Garage Will Come Down   1 comment
• » Size No Drawback as Sailboats Battle in Race Around Vineyard   1 comment
• » Cape Cod League Plays Exhibition Game on Island

• » Insurance Investigators Begin Work at Fire Site, Seeking Clues in Rubble
• » Street Fair Wipes Away Tisbury’s Tears
• » South Shore Erosion Divides Lucy Vincent Beach in Two   1 comment
• » Swimmers Sent Out of Sea Following Shark Sighting   3 comments
• » Museum Manages Operating Deficit
• » West Tisbury Tax Abatements Show Record Numbers
• » Lucy in the Soil (And on Island) With Discoverer

• » Fourth of July Fire Cripples Vineyard Haven Over Holiday; But Town Vows to Rebuild Quickly   3 comments
• » Ready for Season’s Start, Café Moxie Owners Watch Destruction in Shock
• » In Fireman’s Boots, Bookseller Finds Tears   1 comment
• » Edgartown Parade Marches On With Flags, Fireworks and Fog   1 comment

• » Breaking News: July 4, 11:45 am
  Fourth of July Fire Destroys Café Moxie, Closes Main Street Vineyard Haven   10 comments
• » Breaking News: July 4
  Dreams Up in Smoke
• » News Update: July 4, 3:30 pm
  Smoldering Café Is Torn Down;
  Fate of Badly Damaged Bookstore Building Unknown   3 comments
• » News Update: Saturday, July 5, 3 pm
  Tisbury Selectmen Say Street Fair Will Go on as Planned
• » Hurricane Maps Detail Vulnerable Island Places in Case of Severe Storm
• » Land Bank Revenues Continue to Decline
• » Wide Breach at Katama Sends Tidal Surge Through Edgartown   1 comment
• » Vineyard Celebrates Fourth of July Holiday
• » Gas Price Sticker Shock
• » Traffic Headaches Persist on Vineyard Roads
• » West Tisbury’s Katie Mayhew is Pops Diva, Winning Competition; She Sings Tonight   4 comments
• » Emily Bramhall Finds Milestone on Way Home   1 comment

• » Breaking News: Thursday, July 3 Noon
  Accident at Five Corners Snarls Traffic
• » News Update: Wednesday, July 2
  Katie Mayhew Wins Sing-Off   1 comment
• » Housing Bank Bill Approved by Senate, Faces House Action
• » Oyster Cleanup to Take Weeks, Tribal Leaders Tell Selectmen
• » Precious Commodity: Gas Thieves Strike Edgartown Harbor   1 comment
• » Connecting to End Violence and Abuse Against Women
• » Boys’ Soccer Team Plays to a Final Match At Weekend State Champion Tournament   1 comment

• » Fuel Prices Hit Watermen Hard
• » Oyster Rafts Float Ashore
• » Conservation Forecast: Cloudy, Some Sun
• » Southern Woodlands Housing Project Stalls, Left Unfinished   4 comments
• » School Committee Wraps Up Year With Some Extra Spending
• » Jean Wexler Is Fourth Edition Kitchen Marvel

• » Helicopter Crashes Off Lake Tashmoo: No Injuries, Investigation Continuing
• » Aquinnah Rejects Energy Bylaw   2 comments
• » Snack Shack Faces Demolition as Town Repairs Waterfront
• » Commission Okays Bradley Square Plan For Housing, Art Studios, Preservation
• » Turkey Shoot: Naturalist Stands by Police   2 comments

• » Breaking News: 6/21/08, 5:30pm
  Helicopter Goes Down off Tashmoo; No One Injured
• » Economy Faces New Pressures
• » Senator O’Leary Confirms Standoff Over Key Study
• » Boat Line Strives to Conserve Fuel   2 comments
• » One Wild Turkey, Four Gunshots Lead to Three Assault Charges   14 comments
• » Seawall Stability Report Adds Urgency to Oak Bluffs Repairs   1 comment
• » Now There Are Three — Including Katie   1 comment

• » Plover Found Dead; State Investigates
• » Festival Plans Just One Day
• » Boatline Governors Meet This Morning on Nantucket
• » Flood Story Turned Love Story on Stage at Vineyard Playhouse
• » Taste of the Vineyard Remains the Most Popular Party in Town
• » Break a Leg? Or Try Breaking Two Teeth; The Show Goes On   1 comment

• » Fishermen Face Licensing Law   1 comment
• » Managing Conservation Land With Fire
• » Thanks for Calling: Employers Say Most Summer Jobs Filled   1 comment
• » Annual Town Meeting Resumes in Aquinnah; Quorum Crucial
• » Walking Long Hours: Relay for Life Helps Raise Needed Funds
• » Beside Long Shadow of his Grandfather, Artist Anthony Benton Gude Comes Home
• » Gourmet Stroll Feeds the Care of Island’s Past   2 comments

• » Hail to the High School Graduates
• » Six on Stage: Charter Commencement
• » Clearing on Sheriff’s Meadow Land Began Two Years Ago
• » State Tourism Committee Hears of Plan to Import Island Labor   1 comment

• » Against Odds, Piping Plovers Rebound   2 comments
• » Class of 2008 Heads Into the Big World: Commencement is Sunday at Tabernacle
• » For Truman French, Being Valedictorian Reads: Hard Work
• » School Administrators Receive Salary Hikes Across the Board
• » Two Island Charter Captains Report a Great White Shark   5 comments
• » Soaring Ingredient Costs Put Restaurateurs in Pricing Pickle
• » New Technology on the Horizon: Wind Turbines Spin in Chilmark

• » News Update: 6/3/08 12pm
  Girls’ Lacrosse Team Advances   1 comment
• » County Charter Study Final Report: Little or No Change in Government
• » Town Fails to Properly Post Election
• » High School Principal Looks Back on Years, Ahead to Quieter Life
• » From West Tisbury to Symphony Hall: Katie Sings With the Pops   1 comment

• » Drawbridge Fails to Close, Snarling Traffic   2 comments
• » Sengekontacket Testing Program Needs Money
• » Oak Bluffs Voters Approve Override for School Funds
• » High School Changes Class Rank System Without Toppling Valedictorian Tradition
• » Islanders Choose to Take the Bus
• » Island Minister Heads for Post in Holy Land   1 comment

• » News Update: Thursday, May 29
  Oak Bluffs Voters Keep School Funding Intact
• » Sheriff’s Meadow Halts All Native Plant Removal On Foundation Property   3 comments
• » As Memorial Day Arrives, Outlook is Sunny
• » On the Waterfront: Edgartown Sees Many Changes Downtown
• » Bombs on the Beach: Trustees Warn Public to Avoid Ordnance
• » One Year on the Market; No Takers   3 comments
• » What a Long, Strange Trip His Book Has Been
• » Katie Mayhew Sings With Boston Pops   1 comment

• » Native Plant Stripping Violates State Law   7 comments
• » Aquinnah Agrees to Keep Peace on Regional School
• » Struggle Over How to Divide the Pie: Two Distinct Stories
• » Sheriff Runs Out Of Money; Appeals To State for Funds
• » Law to Protect Right Whales May Hamper Ferry Operations   1 comment
• » Shark Tournament May Be Endangered   2 comments
• » Noman’s Land Controlled Burn Was Public Relations Blunder

• » News Update: Thursday, May 15
  Camille Rose Wins Reelection
• » Beer and Wine Question Fails by Two in Recount; New Petition Is Planned
• » Aquinnah is Key Decider on School Assessments
• » Noman’s Land Burns, Surprising Islanders   2 comments
• » One More Reason to Take Bus: Parking Fines Increase Sharply
• » An Inconvenient Green Ban? School Debates Going Car-Free   2 comments
• » Three Judges Hear Graham Tax Case Argued on Appeal
• » Wouldn’t Hurt A Flea to Shift To West Tisbury

• » News Update: Friday, 4pm
  Tisbury Dry by Two: Beer and Wine Vote Fails on Recount   1 comment
• » Caught in Money Bind, Sheriff Supports a Takeover by State
• » Chilmark Allows Peaked Hill Tower
• » Turning Twelve, Charter School Grows Up Well
• » With H2B Visa Gap, Vineyard Employers Scramble for Help
• » Advance Bookings Seen as Promising
• » Tisbury Town Clerk Takes All Newfound Notoriety in Stride

• » News Update: Thursday, May 1
  Chilmark Approves Three Overrides
• » Tisbury Registrars Will Recount Ballots May 2
• » Gasoline Prices Skyrocket to Record High on Island   2 comments
• » Bradley Square Is Under Fire
• » Moujabber Garage Drawn as New Plan Still Controversial   2 comments
• » Chilmark Faces More Spending on Education
• » Museum Quietly Rethinks its Future

• » Tisbury Turns in a Stunning Tie Vote; Beer, Wine Question to Be Recounted
• » Weary Oak Bluffs Voters Wrap Up Four-Night Town Meeting
• » As Fuel Costs Skyrocket, SSA Raises Fares   5 comments
• » Wary Selectmen Continue Public Hearing on Chappaquiddick Ferry Rate Increases
• » Teacher Shortages Worry Schools   2 comments
• » Bay Scallop Harvest Increases on Island; Propagation Credited

• » Breaking News: Tuesday, April 16
  Stunning Tie Vote on Tisbury Beer and Wine Question
• » West Tisbury Voters Find Accord on Town Hall Renovation Project
• » West Tisbury Changes Course, Electing Mr. Knabel Selectman
• » Tax Override Fails in Oak Bluffs; Meeting Heads Into a Third Night
• » Duncan Ross, Ron DiOrio Are Reelected
• » Edgartown Takes Care of Business in Short Order With Few Scrapes
• » Selectman Margaret Serpa Wins Over Challenger Robert Fynbo
• » Beer and Wine Question to be Decided Tuesday   1 comment
• » If Only Martha Knew the Power She Possessed   1 comment

• » News Update: Thursday, April 10
  Three Annual Town Elections Post Results
• » News Update: April 4, 12pm
  County Appoints New Manager   6 comments
• » Town Objects To Cape Wind   11 comments
• » Board Votes to Allow Ocean Park Concert
• » In a Spending Mood, Tisbury Voters Okay Park Betterment
• » West Tisbury Town Hall Project: It’s Do or Die
• » Edgartown Takes Up Lean Budget Tuesday
• » Oak Bluffs Voters Face Hard Choices
• » Earthy? Briney? Oysters to Brave Battle of Shells

• » Breaking News: Sunday, March 30
  Edgartown Man’s Body Recovered in Harbor   1 comment
• » Tricky Real Estate Market Sees Home Sales Down, Commercial Demand Up
• » Police Plan Charges After Car Plunges From Chappy Ferry
• » Tisbury Annual Town Meeting Voters Will Confront Rising Operating Budget
• » Bus to Run on Burger Grease as School Mulls Ban on Cars   1 comment
• » Denniston House Renovation, Expansion Generates Debate
• » Secret to Smooth Town Meeting? Smart Townsfolk   1 comment

• » Sewer Proposal Delayed Again
• » Town Approves Lower Values
• » Visiting Nurse Service Readies Plan to Shift Island Patients
• » Brazilian Church Worships With Fervor
• » Climbing Fuel Prices, Unexpected Cost Overruns Bedevil Steamship Authority
• » Officials in Oak Bluffs Debate Seawall Solutions   1 comment
• » Roger Wey Tosses His Hat in Ring for House Seat
• » Farmers Provide Woman’s Touch to Island Land

• » Fishing Concerns Dominate Cape Wind Hearing   5 comments
• » Board Backs Town Hall Renovations   1 comment
• » Agency Plans to Close Visiting Nurse Service   1 comment
• » Virginia F. Poole, 73, Touched Island With Enthusiasm for Life   2 comments
• » Sugaring Season Brings a Sweet Taste of Maples   1 comment

• » News Update: Monday, March 10
  Herb N. Putnam 3rd Dies   2 comments
• » Edgartown Will Protect Ancient Ways   2 comments
• » Chilmark Clears Middle Line Housing
• » Debate Intensifies Before Island Wind Farm Forum
• » Sea Wall Collapse Prompts Urgent Moves in Oak Bluffs
• » Dancer, Founder of The Yard, Patricia Nanon Dies at Age 84
• » Dunkls’ Repairs Will Make Sure Band Will Play On   1 comment

• » Vineyard Towns Begin Budget Season; Red Ink in Oak Bluffs
• » School Choice: Stephen Nixon   2 comments
• » Fatal Accident On Alabama: No Violations
• » Byways Rules Set for Vote in Edgartown
• » Boys Lose Heartbreaker in Overtime   1 comment
• » Encyclopedia That Requires No Bookshelf

• » Concerts in Public Parks May Be Curtailed If Found Against Law   2 comments
• » As a Huge $2 Million Deficit Looms, Oak Bluffs Faces Some Hard Choices
• » The Vineyard Energy Project Reaches Crossroad of Change
• » Seawall at Pay Beach Collapses; Emergency Repairs Required   1 comment
• » Tisbury Residents Remain Divided On Alcohol Sales   3 comments
• » Bushel, a Peck: Hardy Mr. Peters Rakes a Living

• » Independent Report Finds Trash Disposal on Island Is Inefficient and Costly   1 comment
• » Town Considers How to Spend Ferry Fees   2 comments
• » Vision Appraisal Defends Its Methods on Tax Assessments   1 comment
• » Police Cite Speed as Factor in Fatality   1 comment
• » Will the Clinton Years Return Again?   4 comments
• » For This Team, Winning Is Not Gold Standard

• » Island Backs Mr. Obama, Mr. Romney in Primary
• » Traffic Fatality Stirs Negative Reaction Against Brazilians   2 comments
• » School Committee Rescinds Sewer Vote
• » Contractors Who Stay Out in the Cold
• » Elaine Barse Finds Her Edge On Main Street

• » Vineyard Voters Back Obama, Romney in State Primary
• » State Primary Tuesday; Vineyard Town Clerks Expect Heavy Turnout
• » Search for Principal Yields Four Finalists
• » Island Housing Starts Were Up In 2006, Bucking National Trend
• » Oak Bluffs Traffic Mishap Kills Young Island Woman
• » Louise Aldrich Bugbee Wrote Well-Liked Column in Gazette
• » Helen Vanderhoop Manning Was Historian of Wampanoags
• » Skiff’s Island Is Here Today But Gone Tomorrow

• » Sale of Homes Fell Last Year
• » H2B Visas Vex Businessmen
• » Retirement Obligations Figure In Changed Accounting Rules
• » With a Practiced Hand, Mr. Wells Takes Helm of the Chappy Ferry
• » Access Program Helps Islanders Navigate Complicated Maze of Health Care World   1 comment
• » Peter M. Williamson, Former Oak Bluffs Police Chief, Dies
• » Island’s Living Room Awaits At the PA Club

• » Cape Wind Clears Key Federal Hurdle in Draft Environmental Report
• » Pondfront Owners Shocked at Tax Bills
• » Chappaquiddick Ferry Ready for Sale
• » School Enrollment Is Expected To See Steady, Steep Declines
• » No Winter Blues on the Busy Waterfront   1 comment
• » Vera Shorter Is An Artist of All Things Possible

• » Lawsuit Targets Subprime Bank   3 comments
• » High School Board Votes to Eliminate Facilities Manager
• » Million Dollar Budget Shortfall Hits the Oak Bluffs Selectmen
• » Town Challenges School Funding Formula
• » Edgartown-Vineyard Haven Road Becomes Busy Corridor
• » Robert T. Morgan Dies at 84; Was Island Legislative Liaison   1 comment
• » Rev. Judy Campbell Leaves Pulpit For Creative Ministry of Mystery

• » Land Bank Monies Fall Slightly as Market Slows
• » Conservation Tax Law Has Few Takers on the Vineyard
• » Winter Means Lean Business
• » Building Codes Changes Cause Construction Costs to Increase
• » If the Island Were Iowa on Caucus Night? Unscientific Poll Picks Obama, McCain
• » Cowley’s Letters Lead His Army To Recognition   1 comment
• » Islanders Rush to Find Health Coverage As State Deadline Runs Out at New Year

• » In With the New, Out With the Old? Year’s Events Test Vineyard Values
• » Heating Costs Trouble Island
• » Island Community Preservation Committees Analyze Requests
• » School Committee Will Consider Sewer Proposal at Revised Cost of $1.5 Million
• » Miracle on Franklin Street for New Year
• » David Belcher Leaves Chappy A Better Place

• » Casino Hearing Draws Crowd
• » MVC Approves Aquinnah Energy District
• » SSA Governors Allow Cutbacks In New Bedford Ferry Service
• » Two Towns Train Their Attention On Troubles at Sengekontacket
• » Keeping Bay Scallops in the Crib Longer Is Easy on Budget, Good for Town Fishery
• » Some Propane Customers Must Endure Credit Check
• » Peace on Earth — Message of Christmas Spans Faiths, Underscores Need for Community

• » State Auditor Charges Estuaries Project With Contract Violations
• » Aquinnah DCPC Set for Monday Vote
• » Renovation or Demolition? Interpretation Allowed Developers to Skip MVC Review
• » Chamber Takes Heat From Members
• » Stage Set for Regional Talks On School Funding Formula
• » Fishermen Take Their Case To New England Council
• » Cheryl Maltais Takes the Helm Of Tribal Nation

• » Music, Drama Survive Budget Cuts
• » As Trend Shifts, Brazilians Are Leaving Island
• » Cold Winter Looms, Economy Wavers; Food Pantry Stocks Up
• » Wrapped and Ready, Edgartown Leads Weekend of Merrymaking
• » View of Charter Study, Then and Now
• » County Commission Starts Over Again, Launching Fresh Search for a Manager

• » High School Students, Parents Plead For No Budget Cuts in Music, Drama
• » Study Blames Birds, Dogs for Pollution
• » Costly Sewering Seen As Great Pond Solution
• » Ban Striped Bass Catch Method, Island Fishermen Tell the State
• » Bills Grow Larger For Home Insurance
• » Can This Old House Be Saved? Maybe
• » Cafeteria Lunch May Be Farms’ Growing Market

• » Edgartown Great Pond Perilously Near Nitrogen Limits, Estuaries Study Finds
• » Drawbridge Replacement is a Complicated Affair
• » Black Friday, Island-Style
• » Red Stocking Fund for Children
• » Wampanoag Tribe Ousts Its Chairman; Cheryl Andrews-Maltais Takes Helm
• » With Science, Future Is Hopeful For Bringing Back Bay Scallops
• » Geraldine Brooks Creates Fiction From the Facts

• » Breaking News: Saturday, Nov. 17
  Vineyard Trounces Nantucket to Keep Island Cup
• » Thimble Farm Will Be Saved
• » Third Quarter Sales Are Slow
• » Two Islands, One Cup: Big Game Tomorrow
• » Tribal Elections Set for Sunday; Chairman Fights to Keep Seat
• » New Bedford Ferry Operation Is Slated For Cuts in Service
• » Harley Riders Host Annual Toys for Tots Run
• » Sandy Grant’s Scratch Ticket Is Big Winner   1 comment

• » SAT Scores Drop At High School
• » Aquinnah Keeps Wind Power Plan Moving
• » Vineyard Scallopers Realize Premium
• » Harvesting Controversy Over Nub Scallops Comes to Island
• » Bequest from a Quiet Islander Buys Steinway for Arts Center
• » MVC Enforcement Found Lacking
• » Conover Partners Buy Katama Subdivision From Town Selectman’s Business Group

• » Breaking News: Sunday, Nov. 4
  Strong Northeast Storm Lashes Island
• » Aquinnah Tests Energy DCPC
• » Veira Park Plan Remains Magnet for Controversy
• » Museum Director Resigns; Building Campaign Silent
• » Edgartown Harbor Marina Idea Floats Past the Selectmen
• » Bay Scallop Season Opens Across Island With Predictions for a Decent Harvest
• » Seawalls, Jetties, Groins Starve Beaches, Marine Scientists Say
• » Oldest Living Creature Found To Be Quahaug

• » Wampanoag Tribe of Gay Head Joins Seneca Nation in Bid to Build Casino
• » Island Schools Superintendent Braces for Reaction to Budget
• » Owner of Quitsa Strider in Menemsha Sells His Fishing Rights, Ending an Era
• » Court Ruling Favors Aquinnah, Upholding Townwide DCPC
• » Beach Restoration to Cost $2.7 Million
• » Rogers Path Case Tests Public Rights On Island Ancient Way
• » Tiffany Smalley Finds University Life Rewarding

• » Plan for Building On the Harbor Stirs Emotion
• » SSA Budget Is Busted by Oil
• » Superior Court Judge Hears Arguments In Ancient Way Tree-Cutting Dispute
• » Vineyard Haven Handles More Waste from Boats
• » Derby Ends With Records All Around

• » Special Education Needs Rise In Island Preschool Programs
• » Wind Turbines Are New Trend
• » Women Drivers Fail Road Test More Often   1 comment
• » Magistrate Reduces Hefty Fines In Case Against Joseph Alosso
• » On Home Stretch, Fishing Derby Hits Final Familiar Fever Pitch
• » Scott Lively Is Most Unlikely Farmer Green

• » Island Commission Votes to Protect Ancient Ways
• » Tree Cutting on Byways Angers Town, Neighbors
• » Conservation Gift of Quansoo Farm Goes to Sheriff’s Meadow Foundation
• » Controversy Over Heavy Bass Roils Derby
• » West Tisbury, Oak Bluffs Fail MCAS Progress Report Card
• » A Facelift for Two Old Lighthouses
• » Vineyard Gazette Launches New Web Site Today; Complete Electronic Edition Online   4 comments

• » Clean Again, Sengekontacket Pond Reopens on Monday for Shellfishing
• » Land Swap Creates Conservation Trails, Affordable Housing Lots
• » Former Town Librarian Indicted on Sex Offense
• » Authorities Puzzle Over Man Missing from Ferry
• » Business of Derby Goes Beyond Fishing

• » High School Principal Margaret Regan Will Resign at Close of School Year
• » MVC Holds Veira Park on Deck After Bronx Cheer from Critics
• » Emotions Pave Ancient Ways Debate
• » Two Sides Debate Cape Wind Plan
• » Monster 56-Pound Bass Stays in Lead
• » Sengekontacket to Reopen For Shellfishing on Oct. 1

• » Fuel Outlook Concerns SSA
• » Island Tribe Revives Casino Efforts
• » Data May Show Rise in Suicide Attempts by Vineyard Teens
• » Wind from the West, Catch Derby Culture Lessons From the Best
• » Island to Honor Unlikely Ladies’ Fight for Rights

• » Boat Builder Launches His Dream
• » Kids’ Derby Draws Crowd
• » Intensity of Derby Grows
• » Medflight Mishap Diverts Flights to Island Airport
• » Film Festival Directors Project Success

• » High School Moves Forward on Sewer Plan
• » Sengekontacket Fine Is Planned
• » Landowners May Fund Dredge For Use in Edgartown Great Pond
• » Oak Bluffs Sends Garage
  Project to Commission
• » Building Code Changes May Increase Construction Costs
• » Kids Catch Derby Fever, Prizes At Annual Contest in Oak Bluffs
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