Advocates Celebrate Improvements to Beach Accessibility

The proponents of Beach Within Reach, an initiative that has been analyzing dozens of beaches across the Vineyard to make them more accessible for people of all abilities, celebrated their progress at Jetty Beach Tuesday.

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Vineyard Lacks Accessible Beaches, New Study Finds

A new report found that Island beaches are not fully accessible, prompting officials to consider ways to make it easier for people to enjoy the Vineyard’s coastline.

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Holding Back the Tide

Workers have already begun forming new dunes on South Beach’s Left Fork, using dredged sand from Katama Bay and Herring Creek. Both water bodies had filled with sand after December and January’s storms.

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Trustees Pitch New Beach Plan

After releasing an initial draft of the plan last June, the Trustees spent the year gathering public feedback on topics such as oversand vehicle access, shorebird protections and pet regulations.

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Norton Point Gets Shored Up With Fresh Sand

On Feb. 13, the town of Edgartown, in partnership with Dukes County and the Trustees, commenced the second phase of restoring the dunes along Norton Point.

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Tisbury Issues Swimming Advisory for Owen Little Beach

The town board of health advised Thursday that people wait 24 hours after heavy rain to swim at Owen Little Beach, due to bacterial increases.

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Endangered Tiger Beetles Bouncing Back on Vineyard Beaches

With people and vehicles digging into the sand all along the east coast, wild beaches are few and far between. But on the Vineyard, the rare and endangered northeastern beach tiger beetle, a key signifier of uncorrupted beaches, has regained its footing.

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State Takes Leland Beach Area In Bold Eminent Domain Move

The state department of Fishers, Wildlife and Environmental Law Enforcement announced yesterday that it has taken ownership of the Leland beach - 100 acres of virtually unspoiled barrier beach stretching from Wasque to the Dike Bridge on Chappaquiddick.

Purchase price is just under $1 million; the beach, which has been owned by the family of the late Oliver and Edmund Leland since 1907, was purchased through land-taking measures under the state’s eminent domain laws.

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Beach Clean-Up Saturday

Celebrate Earth Day early by lending a hand with the Vineyard Conservation Society’s 29th annual beach clean-up event.

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Beach Clean-Up Planned

The Vineyard Conservation Society holds its annual Island-wide beach clean-up April 17.

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