The Vineyard Gazette

01/03/2025

I never thought this idea would eventually turn into a major event that would attract thousands of off-Island chili tasters and hundreds of chili cooks.

28/02/2025

On the maritime side, Mark Amundsen said his number one priority is to tackle the need for electric propulsion in future vessels.

28/02/2025

The boys and girls high school hockey teams both lost in the first round of playoffs Thursday, with the girls losing in overtime 3-2 to Pembroke and the boys losing 2-1 to Northeast Metropolitan Regional Vocational High School.

28/02/2025

A new Massachusetts law requiring safety training for all powerboat operators is being hailed by Island boaters and the first responders charged with their protection.

27/02/2025

It’s school vacation week here on the Vineyard, which means even some of the hardier year-round businesses close their doors as students and parents exchange backpacks for suitcases.

Businesses up and down the streets of Edgartown had signs taped to their storefront windows this week, echoing a refrain that’s known all too well to year-round Islanders.

27/02/2025

Island restaurateur Michael Santoro will take over the comfort food spot on Circuit avenue, with plans for a new name and style of food.

26/02/2025

Circuit Style Salon, which has been at the bubblegum pink storefront at the end of Circuit avenue since 2009, will close at the end of April.

26/02/2025

The Oak Bluffs board of health decided Tuesday to ask the Inter-Island Public Health Excellence Collaborative, a group that brings together boards of health from the Vineyard towns, to discuss the prohibition.

The Oak Bluffs board of health decided Tuesday to ask the Inter-Island Public Health Excellence Collaborative, a group that brings together boards of health from the Vineyard towns, to discuss the prohibition.

25/02/2025

A new multi-year study to determine the health of the Mill Brook in West Tisbury has found the system is struggling, prompting consideration of how to aid the nearly 3,000-acre watershed that feeds Mill Pond.

25/02/2025

Vineyard health care providers are relieved that plans to shutter the closest inpatient mental health facility have been paused by the state.

25/02/2025

The constantly blinking lights atop the Vineyard Wind offshore wind energy turbines could soon be turned off for most of the night.

24/02/2025

Vineyard Regional High School boys swim team set three new school records at the Division II state championships at Boston University over the weekend.

The team also scored its most points ever in a state meet to wrap up a breakout season.

24/02/2025

Each of the six towns have been working on long-range wastewater management plans in order to cut back the amount of nitrogen flowing into the Island’s waters.

24/02/2025

Vineyard Offshore eliminated 50 positions in the U.S. and Europe, but none on the Vineyard.

24/02/2025

A unanimous vote by the Martha’s Vineyard Commission Thursday has cleared the way for the town of Oak Bluffs to proceed with a long-sought plan to reinforce the eroding bluffs along East Chop Drive.

23/02/2025

Hundreds of people gathered at the Agricultural Hall in West Tisbury on Saturday to celebrate the life of Janet Messineo, the respected Island angler, taxidermist and writer.

23/02/2025

For those left behind, the beauty of the Island is somehow magnified by the quiet corners and empty places.

Winter school vacation marks the quietest week of the year on Martha’s Vineyard. This is the week when families with schoolchildren flee the Island.