The Vineyard Gazette

30/10/2025

Edgartown school students are taking part in a new partnership between the town’s conservation commission to build wooden huts they will later place along Norton Point to help shelter coastal birds from predators.

Edgartown school students are taking part in a new partnership between the town’s conservation commission to build wooden huts they will later place along Norton Point to help shelter coastal birds from predators.

30/10/2025

On an Island where food insecurity is an ever-present issue due to the high cost of living, the dire impact of SNAP’s sudden suspension has Vineyarders scrambling to help those in need.

30/10/2025

The Island celebrates Halloween this week with trick or treating all over the Island, a haunted house in Vineyard Haven and a spooky hayride through the West Tisbury cemetery.

30/10/2025

A state Land Court judge has tossed out one of the claims at the center of a lawsuit over a controversial home in Vineyard Haven.

A state Land Court judge has tossed out one of the claims at the center of a lawsuit over a controversial home in Vineyard Haven.

29/10/2025

It's that time of year, The Martha's Vineyard Public Charter School scarecrows are up at Island businesses for Halloween. Every year the school puts up the student-made scarecrows to benefit the art department.

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29/10/2025

Along with the creativity of role-playing and storytelling, these games also encourage social and emotional learning, said two Vineyard librarians who presented at a regional conference last weekend.

Two Martha’s Vineyard librarians with an enthusiasm for Dungeons & Dragons have taken their expertise in role-playing games to the New England Library Association.

29/10/2025

As the government shutdown wears on, TSA workers at Martha’s Vineyard Airport are showing up to their shifts without pay, and airport officials say they’re doing what they can to support the affected employees.

As the government shutdown wears on, TSA workers at Martha’s Vineyard Airport are showing up to their shifts without pay, and airport officials say they’re doing what they can to support the affected employees.

29/10/2025

The Edgartown select board voted to suspend the Square Rigger's liquor license for 60 days after two separate violations in August and October where alcohol was served at 1 a.m.

The Edgartown select board voted to suspend the Square Rigger's liquor license for 60 days after two separate violations in August and October where alcohol was served at 1 a.m.

29/10/2025

The future home of Tisbury’s consolidated municipal offices will be built at 66 High Point Lane, following a vote by the town select board Tuesday afternoon.

28/10/2025

The Coast Guard is calling off its plan to remove several navigation buoys near the Vineyard and throughout the northeast following strong public pushback.

28/10/2025

When boater Drew Dimmick tried disposing of his expired incendiary flares a few weeks ago, he found that no one on the Island was willing to take them.

When boater Drew Dimmick tried disposing of his expired incendiary flares a few weeks ago, he found that no one on the Island was willing to take them.

28/10/2025

The town conservation commission unanimously voted Wednesday to allow 275 vehicles across the Leland, Wasque and Cape Pogue properties run by the Trustees of Reservations.