New community tennis group formed - Martha's Vineyard Times »

New community tennis group formed Martha's Vineyard Times A group of Vineyard tennis enthusiasts have formed Martha's Vineyard Community Tennis (MVCT)), a United States Tennis Association (USTA) approved community ...

Oak Bluffs woman dies in mainland car accident Monday - Martha's Vineyard Times »

Oak Bluffs woman dies in mainland car accident Monday Martha's Vineyard Times Penelope H. Dickens, 57, of Oak Bluffs died in a single car accident on Route 495 in Wareham Monday night when the car she was driving veered off the road ...  »

Erik Hammarlund withdraws name from West Tisbury race - Martha's Vineyard Times »

Erik Hammarlund withdraws name from West Tisbury race Martha's Vineyard Times Less than two weeks after he announced he had joined the race for a seat on the West Tisbury board of selectmen, Erik Hammarlund withdrew. ...

Housing Fund Cutbacks Begin »

New director says the nonprofit was living too richly; he has cut staff and plans to host another public forum If you call the office of the Island Affordable Housing Fund these days, you don't get a secretary answering. You get Ewell Hopkins himself, executive director, chief cook and bottle washer.

Shiver Me Timbers: Old Wreck Exposed »

The remnants of a shipwreck turned up on South Beach near Wasque last weekend, following a series of winter storms that have pounded and eaten away the south-facing shoreline of the Vineyard in recent weeks.

Tribe Spurns Offer From Cape Wind To Pay $1 Million »

Martha's Vineyard's Indian tribe rejected a $1 million inducement to drop its objections to the proposed Cape Wind development in Nantucket Sound, in the interest of preserving a cultural tradition which some tribal members deny even exists.

Fishermen Persuade Selectmen to Abandon Insurance Decree »

Under pressure from a vocal group of fishermen, the Chilmark selectmen this week reversed a recent decision to require Menemsha leaseholders to carry extra liability insurance at their own expense.

Festival Finds Itself Sitting Pretty on Chilmark Sofas at Ten Years »

It took the Martha's Vineyard Film Festival about three years to get into the casual character it has enjoyed for the past seven. In the first year, a black and white printout distributed the day before the Grange Hall screenings announced a one-day program consisting of a collection of shorts, a few features and some ethnic food. The next year, a move to the Katharine Cornell Theatre in Vineyard Haven eliminated the food; eating wasn't allowed at the site, so the festival moved again.

Prophet of Doom Finds Joy as Film Stirs Efforts to Survive Oil Crisis »

Think of humanity as a herd of caribou living on an arctic island with no predators and abundant sustenance. We reproduce wildly until inevitably the sustenance, the energy source, is overtaxed and collapses.

At Large : As Gosnold might have seen it - Martha's Vineyard Times »

At Large : As Gosnold might have seen it Martha's Vineyard Times One Saturday, at the top of the modest hill near the western end of Cuttyhunk, the nearly cloudless sky, vast as it was, did not command the ...