It’s been a long wait, but the M/V Monomoy, last of three sister vessels converted by the Steamship Authority (SSA) to be ...

The Martha’s Vineyard Regional High School (MVRHS) girls’ softball team showed a new level of tenacity on Saturday, falling ...

Are Island Brazilian neighbors citizens of the U.S. if they are born on U.S. soil, even if their parents do not have proper documentation? The Constitution’s 14th Amendment, now 158 years old, when ...

The Martha’s Vineyard Regional High School (MVRHS) girls’ varsity tennis team remains undefeated so far this spring season ...

Updated April 17. Oak Bluffs voters have solidified their decision that it’s time their town intervene and take control of ...

Oak Bluffs voters will decide at the polls today whether or not the process of seizing the dilapidated and controversial ...

In one of the rites of spring, Islanders will be heading into their respective halls to attend a great pageant of New England: the annual town meeting. On Tuesday, three communities on the Island — ...

Every Islander knows the drill: stuck in a line of traffic, slowly navigating one of the inescapable left-turn-fueled ...

The beloved Linda Jean’s diner-style restaurant, on Circuit Ave. in Oak Bluffs, closed down in early 2025. Though folks miss ...

Recently, at public meetings in Nantucket and on Martha’s Vineyard, Massachusetts Inspector General Jeffrey Shapiro presented his office’s Dec. 18, 2025, report (“The Steamship Authority’s Website ...

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As our Island towns convene for their annual town meetings this spring 2026, we have the opportunity to reflect back 250 years, to when nearly 60 Massachusetts towns, in 1776 alone, debated the notion ...