In a sometimes tense, sometimes emotional debate, Oak Bluffs selectmen heard arguments for and against a request to remove plaques from a Civil War monument.
Despite a legislative initiative to ban the rental of mopeds it appears Oak Bluffs is driving, with hardly a wobble, toward another summer with mopeds on Island roadways.
A fuel truck that leaked diesel fuel while driving aboard a Steamship Authority (SSA) ferry in Woods Hole caused residual delays in the boat schedule, Thursday.
Crocker Snow Jr. remembers vividly the first time he set foot on Muskeget island. The 250-acre stretch of sand and scrub brush forms the westernmost tip of Nantucket.
Rising sea levels, beach amenities, downtown vitality and affordable housing are among the subjects that top the priority list as Oak Bluffs begins to develop a revised master plan.
A campaign to establish a Martha’s Vineyard housing bank using revenues from the new short-term rental tax is running into stiff opposition in some Island towns.
There are about 700 permits of various classifications issued by the federal government to fish for sea scallops on the East Coast. Sam Hopkins of West Tisbury has one of them.