1+ hour, 36+ min ago  (1166+ words) An appeal from a Chappaquiddick property owner could put to rest a years-long debate over whether the Trustees of Reservations has the permits it needs to operate its oversand vehicle trails. Chappaquiddick resident William Gazaille filed an appeal with the…...

6+ hour, 6+ min ago  (231+ words) The longtime town administrator in West Tisbury is set to retire next year. Jen Rand told the select board at its meeting Wednesday that she will retire in July 2027. Ms. Rand has been in the position for 22 years. The board…...

1+ day, 1+ hour ago  (946+ words) A recently-installed fence at Tisbury’s Tashmoo Spring property will remain in place, following a unanimous select board vote on Tuesday afternoon. Dividing the employee house on West Spring street from the rest of the Tashmoo Spring Building Area, the two-rail…...

3+ day, 1+ hour ago  (602+ words) Kinship Heals unveiled plans last week to build a domestic violence shelter and food pantry in Aquinnah for the Island’s tribal community. The nonprofit came before the Martha’s Vineyard Commission last Thursday to pitch the proposal, which would be the…...

3+ day, 36+ min ago  (1137+ words) At the second annual Vineyard Forum, experts, leaders and community members came together to discuss one of the most pressing issues of today: power. During multiple panels throughout Thursday, participants talked about the future of energy, the future of media…...

3+ day, 11+ min ago  (873+ words) When Laleh Ishpahani, a globally-renowned human rights activist and lawyer, was a young teenager in the United Kingdom, the United States seemed to her the ideal of an open, stable and free place. The Summer Institute speaker series is held…...

4+ day, 1+ hour ago  (668+ words) The Trump administration is considering options to open up lucrative fishing grounds off the Vineyard coast that have been closed to scallopers for more than 30 years. Earlier this month, President Donald Trump declared July 2 National Scallops Day to celebrate actions…...

6+ day, 23+ hour ago  (1062+ words) Oak Bluffs will soon be able to tap into a new funding source to help pay for wastewater projects after voting this week to become the first Island town to opt into the Cape Cod and Islands Water Protection Fund....

2+ week, 6+ min ago  (1479+ words) But the Revolution was just one piece of Vineyard life in 1776. The Island’s Wampanoag tribes were contending with British colonists’ infringement on their land, culture and personhood. Slavery, not yet outlawed in Massachusetts, persisted. And physical separation from the mainland,…...

2+ week, 1+ hour ago  (638+ words) The Summer Institute speaker series returns to the Hebrew Center this year with six speakers who will reflect on the state of the world, from attacks on the media to politics, the Black and Jewish alliance and the New York…...