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Steamship declines public member for manager search »

The Steamship’s interviews for a new general manager won’t involve the inclusion of a member of the public, at least for now. The ferry line’s board considered a request to include a nonvoting public member in the general manager interview process, but on Friday tabled the matter without debate. The ferry line is looking for its next director after Robert Davis announced in September that he would step down effective in November 2025. The Steamship, board chair Jim Malkin explained, has received…

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All-Island task force considered to tackle homelessness issues »

As the seasonal shuttering of the Island’s only overnight winter shelter approaches and with no permanent location planned, a call is being made for an Island-wide task force to address homelessness on Martha’s Vineyard.  The idea was discussed by the West Tisbury select board during a Wednesday meeting. Board member Skipper Manter said there should be a group to “butt heads and work their way through” the issues surrounding the nonprofit Harbor Homes and homelessness, like finding the location…

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‘Jalapeño’ winner at Island spelling bee  »

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Commission weighing projects with over 500 bedrooms  »

With the Island in the midst of a housing crisis, four large projects — some of the largest developments likely seen on the Island — are before the Island’s regional regulatory board, all combined proposing a total of more than 500 bedrooms. The four include three 40B applications: 132 bedrooms as part of the Green Villa in Oak Bluffs, 100 bedrooms in Edgartown Gardens near the Triangle, and 19 bedrooms in Cat Hallow in Tisbury; the other is a sub development in Edgartown, called Katama Meadows,…

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Restore Mill Brook »

It’s been called the Cranberry Wars, and that conflict offers  lessons that Islanders can learn from today. The period was not long ago, just across the Sound on Cape Cod, when the cranberry industry was moving inland to cheaper land,  residents debated what to do with the vacant but still popular bogs. The wide-open expanses dot the Cape landscape with their red hues — a perfect place for sunset walks or pond-hockey games in winter, when the bogs are flooded and frozen over. On one hand,…

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Falmouth Academy students win at science fair »

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StillPoint Early Spring – Community Lineup »

StillPoint is a community-defined organization in West Tisbury. StillPoint is centered around a beautiful timber structure with an open scissor truss frame and glass sky-window running the length of its ridge.  Functionally, StillPoint is an educational, convening and performance space and organization. This weekend’s lineup reveals much of the community organization Stillpoint’s range and focus as a community-defined organization Friday afternoon: Rasa String Quartet The Martha’s Vineyard…

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Charges against baby sitter elevated to manslaughter after child dies »

The Oak Bluffs woman who is charged with leaving a child in a car for multiple hours is now facing manslaughter after the child died at a Boston hospital on Wednesday. Aimee Cotton, 41, was arraigned at the Edgartown District Court house on Thursday, March 20 after police arrested her on a warrant for the elevated charges. A judge set bail at $21,000 and she is due back at Edgartown District Court on April 3 for a probable cause hearing. The incident occurred on Thursday last week. Police, based…

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Tisbury official vying for Edgartown harbormaster spot »

Edgartown has finalized a list of candidates to become the next harbormaster, and one is current Tisbury harbormaster Gary Kovack.  The Edgartown select board interviewed three finalists — Kovack, Kurt Peterson, and Michael Gately — on Wednesday afternoon at town hall and are expected to select a candidate on Monday. “We’ve got some great candidates,” select board chair Michael Donaroma said to his fellow board members in between interviews.  The board is looking for a candidate to succeed…

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Aquinnah tribe documents record number of marine strandings »

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