4+ day, 14+ hour ago   (365+ words) Tisbury officials may soon be joining Oak Bluffs in calling for an increase to fees imposed on ferry lines. The Tisbury Select Board on Tuesday expressed interest in sending a letter to state legislators in a call to raise the…...

4+ day, 18+ hour ago   (453+ words) “We had this time.” September is a gift that comes with the exquisite tension of gratitude, for moments when the phone rang and friends announced they were here, for when events and invitations competed with all the demands of life,…...

4+ day, 18+ hour ago   (173+ words) The Aquinnah library signage is surely brightening up our town these days. Thank you to the staff for keeping that little building humming. It’s like a heartbeat for us all. A brief note about editors. The relationship between columnists and…...

1+ week, 4+ day ago   (887+ words) For the past 250 years, the “American Dream” has been summed up in a simple image: a house, a healthy-looking family, a white picket fence. But increasingly, younger Americans see that traditional image slip away as high housing costs, stagnant wages,…...

1+ week, 5+ day ago   (274+ words) Over two hours after polls closed, Rob Galibois secured victory in the Democratic primary for the Cape and Islands District Attorney race. Without a Republican candidate, this election all but assures Galibois another four years in office after the midterm…...

2+ week, 4+ day ago   (1140+ words) There’s still time to make a decision in what may be Islanders’ most consequential vote in the primary elections. The Cape and Islands District Attorney’s Office is headed to a showdown in the Democratic primary between incumbent Rob Galibois, elected…...

2+ week, 4+ day ago   (589+ words) Summer 2026 has been one of the busiest and buzziest of the six summers I’ve been managing Edgartown Books — a season stuffed with wonderfully written books that have grabbed the attention of Vineyarders and visitors. Belle Burden’s “Strangers,” Ann Patchett’s “Whistler,…...

2+ week, 5+ day ago   (404+ words) Owners of the controversial Island Theatre have called on the courts to make a local resident compensate them with millions of dollars for allegedly backing out of a deal to buy the Oak Bluffs property. Lucky 7 Realty Trust, represented by…...

2+ week, 6+ day ago   (695+ words) For nearly two decades, the world has watched Michelle Obama, both adoringly or critically. And the reverence didn’t waver on Sunday, August 23 when hundreds gathered at the Martha’s Vineyard Regional High School Performing Arts Center for the closing event of…...

3+ week, 3+ day ago   (408+ words) But buried in the new law is legislation that brings to the forefront why we need our own transfer fee, often interchangeably called the housing bank. This is a piece of the puzzle that we believe is worth careful consideration....