It’s been a long wait, but the M/V Monomoy, last of three sister vessels converted by the Steamship Authority (SSA) to be used as a freight ferry, entered service on Friday. According to a press release from the SSA, the Monomoy arrived at the Hyannis terminal at 11:30 am, where it loaded 10 cars, seven trucks, and a school bus before departing for Nantucket. The vessel arrived at the Nantucket terminal at 2:45 pm, and a brief commissioning celebration was held on the island where SSA General…
Are Island Brazilian neighbors citizens of the U.S. if they are born on U.S. soil, even if their parents do not have proper documentation? The Constitution’s 14th Amendment, now 158 years old, when read properly, proclaims that they are. Its first sentence reads, “All persons born or naturalized in the United States, and subject to the jurisdiction thereof, are citizens of the United States and of the State wherein they reside.” On the day he took the oath of office 14 months ago, President…
Oak Bluffs voters have solidified their decision that it’s time their town intervene and take control of the Island Theatre. Throughout the day, voters across three towns — Oak Bluffs, Edgartown, and West Tisbury — cast their ballots for various, mostly uncontested races and ballot questions at annual town elections on Thursday. While town clerks and poll workers still need to finalize the tallies, the initial results have come in. And in Oak Bluffs, ballot question number four,…
To the Editor: Recently, at public meetings in Nantucket and on Martha’s Vineyard, Massachusetts Inspector General Jeffrey Shapiro presented his office’s Dec. 18, 2025, report (“The Steamship Authority’s Website Development Project; Poor Planning and Lax Oversight Wastes Millions”) regarding the “cascade of failures” that led to the Steamship Authority’s failed website project. The report outlined the lack of planning and management by SSA leadership…
As our Island towns convene for their annual town meetings this spring 2026, we have the opportunity to reflect back 250 years, to when nearly 60 Massachusetts towns, in 1776 alone, debated the notion of Independence. In 1776 — actually, beginning in 1774 — the three towns on the Vineyard incorporated in 1671, Chilmark, Edgartown, and Tisbury, were taking up their own declarations. When the British passed the Massachusetts Government Act in 1774 to ban town meetings, it was taken as a direct…
In one of the rites of spring, Islanders will be heading into their respective halls to attend a great pageant of New England: the annual town meeting. On Tuesday, three communities on the Island — Oak Bluffs, Edgartown, and West Tisbury — held their town meetings, and voters made important decisions that will impact their communities.The other three towns will soon follow with their own meetings. From sky-high overrides utilized to fill major gaps in town budgets to changing bylaws for how short-term…
An Island family, stranded in Canada for the past six weeks due to a denied visa renewal following a family ski trip, has been forced to seek documentation in order to try to return home. The family’s status continues to remain uncertain after federal border officials rejected Michael Freeze’s work visa renewal application. But for the past six weeks, the Freeze family has had to stay at the house of one of Michael’s friend’s parents while they’re away. Michael said that not knowing…
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