Martha's Vineyard

Marijuana business owners and users on Martha’s Vineyard are facing a dire situation that’s only getting worse by the day. Island Time Dispensary on Martha’s Vineyard shut its doors three weeks ago due to a lack of product, and state regulations that forbid marijuana to be shipped over Massachusetts waterways. “We need a solution, and we need a solution...

A Martha’s Vineyard man is behind barns after a high-speed chase with Oak Bluffs police ended with the suspect’s pickup truck in the bottom of the ocean.

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A driver crashed into a police cruiser on Martha’s Vineyard and then launched his truck off the Steamship Authority ferry ramp and into the water while attempting to evade arrest on domestic violence charges Thursday night. Oak Bluffs police said one of their sergeants was on patrol around 9:30 p.m. Thursday and observed a Ford F-250 believed to be...

Scientists say a North Atlantic right whale that was found dead in the surf off Martha’s Vineyard last week suffered from chronic entanglement. NBC10 Boston is examining the efforts to save the critically endangered animals and their special significance to native people in Massachusetts. “Whales in general, we consider them our relatives,” said Bettina Washington, the tribal historic preservation...

The North Atlantic right whale found dead this past weekend off Martha’s Vineyard was a 3-year-old female, scientists at the New England Aquarium confirmed Friday. The deceased female was found entangled in a rope near Joseph Sylvia State Beach in Edgartown on Sunday, according to NOAA Fisheries. The rope was entangled around and embedded in her tail, the aquarium...

A female North Atlantic right whale was found dead this weekend near Martha’s Vineyard, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Fisheries said Monday. The whale was found dead and entangled in a rope near Joseph Sylvia State Beach in Edgartown on Sunday, according to NOAA Fisheries. The deceased female is estimated to be a juvenile because of her size,...

A man who was found guilty of raping a 5-year-old in Brazil was arrested last week on Martha’s Vineyard, according to federal authorities. U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement said Monday that a 37-year-old Brazilian national was arrested Nov. 15 at his home in West Tisbury, Massachusetts. A press release on ICE’s website did not name the suspect, who is...

With legal deadlines looming on the path to more clean energy, Massachusetts has now lost three-quarters of the offshore wind capacity once in its pipeline after regulators on Friday allowed another developer to back out of contracts for a major installation. The Department of Public Utilities approved SouthCoast Wind’s proposal to pay utility companies a combined $60 million and terminate…

All eyes will be on Hurricane Lee as it moves north between Bermuda and the Outer Banks of North Carolina the rest of Thursday and Friday. A tropical storm warning had already been in place on Cape Cod, Martha’s Vineyard and Nantucket. Thursday afternoon, that warning was extended along the coast, from the Massachusetts-Rhode Island state line to the...

Hurricane Lee leads our weather headlines, despite the fact that we are finally enjoying a sunny and calm afternoon after a toll of rainy days and severe weather. A tropical storm warning was issued Thursday morning for Cape Cod, Martha’s Vineyard and Nantucket. A hurricane watch is in effect from Stonington, Maine, to the Canadian border, where hurricane conditions, heavy...

Another offshore wind developer took a major step Tuesday toward scrapping its initial plans for an installation in waters off the coast of Martha’s Vineyard. SouthCoast Wind, whose pair of successful bids represented a combined 1,200 megawatts of anticipated offshore wind power, agreed to pay utility companies $60 million to terminate contracts the parties previously struck for the clean energy….

A team of New England Aquarium researchers caught a series of beautiful photos of whales swimming in sync off the coast of Massachusetts this week.

Vice President Kamala Harris was on Martha’s Vineyard on Saturday for two Democratic fundraisers ahead of the 2024 election. She spoke at a small reception at a home, then at a larger event at a high school in Oak Bluffs called, “A Grassroots Reception with Vice President Kamala Harris,” according to an invitation from the chair of the Massachusetts Democratic…

The first clean wind power generated by the Vineyard Wind 1 project is expected to flow onto the regional grid by mid-October and the first-in-the-nation offshore wind project should be fully operational by this time next year, project officials said Wednesday during a boat tour of the construction. Project developers have maintained for years that the $4 billion project they…

Days after announcing an investigation into Florida’s decision to send flights filled with migrants to Martha’s Vineyard last year, a Massachusetts district attorney sent a letter to the U.S. attorney general formally requesting assistance and backing a federal probe of what happened. Two planes filled with undocumented immigrants landed on Martha’s Vineyard last September, leaving the island scrambling to...

A search was on for a man last seen struggling to stay afloat after going into Edgartown Great Pond from his paddleboard Sunday.

Last week, Portuguese man-of-wars were reported on south-facing beaches on Martha’s Vineyard, and on Tuesday, the Rhode Island Department of Environmental Management reported that the creatures were spotted on three state beaches this week. There were also reports of man-of-wars washing up on at least one Cape Cod beach this week.

A kayak found drifting off Martha’s Vineyard sparked a search for its owner on Wednesday, the U.S. Coast Guard said. The agency shared an image of a green kayak with a fishing pole and white paddle that was spotted near the Gay Head Lighthouse at the western tip of the island. The Coast Guard was working with the Menemsha...