Julia Wells
Voters in West Tisbury agreed to change the tax collector from an elected to an appointed position in a single-question special town election Thursday.
Unsecured gear became loose and hit an emergency stop button, causing the Rhode Island Fast Ferry to lose power off Oak Bluffs Sunday.
Flags went up early Monday as the Island joined the rest of the country in celebrating Memorial Day. A parade begins at 10:30 a.m. at the American Legion Hall in Vineyard Haven.
The Ava Pearl was headed back to Rhode Island early Sunday evening following an incident when she lost power off Oak Bluffs.
Martha’s Vineyard hospital board chairman Timothy Sweet has stepped down.
In a major step for the only Island-based partnership in the race to develop offshore wind, Vineyard Wind won the right this week to negotiate a 20-year state contract to build an 800-megawatt wind farm south of Martha’s Vineyard.