Government
The brick lighthouse dates to 1856 and today sits perilously near the edge of a rapidly eroding cliff at the Island’s westernmost edge. It is slated...
Improved cell phone service will becoming to West Tisbury after the town zoning board of appeals approved a special permit for a tower off New Lane,...
Dr. Donald M. Berwick, a Chilmark summer resident and former Obama administration official, announced Monday that he will run for governor in 2014....
Martha’s Vineyard Head Start will lose two slots in its home-based preschool program because of the federal budget cuts known as sequestration.
Acting behind closed doors, the Tisbury selectmen voted without dissent Monday to fire a Tisbury police officer who is the subject of a criminal...
An ambitious state solar energy program has reached its goal four years ahead of schedule, leaving questions about whether some projects on the...
Edgartown selectmen Monday rejected a bid to buy the Warren House, a rundown town-owned former captain’s house on North Water street.
After a...
The Dukes County pest management program will be discontinued beginning July 1 due to lack of funding. County manager Martina Thornton notified...
Oak Bluffs package stores may now stay open until 11 p.m., following a vote by the town selectmen Tuesday. Previously the stores had closed at 10 p.m...