Government
The Edgartown Library now offers contactless pick-up six days a week from noon to 4 p.m.
Long lines and a backlog of packages have been the main story at Island post offices this summer, as postal workers scramble to keep up with unprecedented demand.
The Martha’s Vineyard Hospital reported one new positive Covid-19 case Monday as the Vineyard entered the month of August. Cases are creeping upward regionally.
A single application allows year-round Island and Cape Cod residents to seek rental and mortgage assistance from multiple funding programs.
A small group of Vineyard fishermen are participating in a brown shark tagging operation as part of a longstanding national study.
A family of four was safely rescued from their boat near Sow and Pigs reef west of Cuttyhunk on Sunday afternoon, after a Mayday call signaled the boat was sinking, the Coast Guard said.