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The New England Fishery Management Council delayed a decision yesterday on drastic cuts to the ailing groundfishery, amid impassioned testimony from...
Mooring fee increases and pump-out program changes are on the horizon in Tisbury. At the selectmen’s meeting Tuesday, the harbor management committee...
In what fisheries experts are calling an historic measure to curb overfishing, the Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission voted late last week...
The attorney for the Wampanoag Tribe of Mashpee told a federal judge in Boston Monday that the tribe is in active negotiations with Gov. Deval...
The up-Island regional school committee voted this week to certify a budget for the coming fiscal year of $9.1 million, a 3.5 per cent increase over...
An up-Island school committee meeting to discuss and approve the annual budget Monday spilled into a heartfelt discussion about security in the...
A small but vocal group of residents, builders, realtors and members of town land use boards turned out to express their opinions this week on a...
After heated comments from community members about potential regulation of “community character” — and lots of debate within the commission itself —...
After nearly a year of discussions, the Chilmark planning board will hold the first public hearing Monday night on a proposed bylaw to regulate house...