Menemsha Harbor News Today

The Massachusetts island is more than just the preppie paradise of yesterday. Here's how to explore the newer, more diverse Martha's Vineyard.

A state study looking at stemming the flooding at Five Corners in Vineyard Haven has been stalled after contractors dug up what they believe is contaminated soil at a town-owned piece of land. Contractors working with the Massachusetts Department of Transportation were taking soil samples at 21 Beach St. last spring — a town parking […]

State and local officials have been treading water for too long on how to handle increasingly frequent and destructive flooding at Five Corners in Vineyard Haven.  And it’s hard not to feel like time is running out, as the water keeps rising, and tidal surges keep washing up at the doors of area businesses, including […]

Vineyard Haven business owners, frustrated by recent flooding around Five Corners during a series of winter storms, are hoping to present a unified front in pushing for improvements at the notorious five-way intersection. Around a dozen business owners attended a Visit Vineyard Haven meeting on Tuesday morning, and discussed opportunities to represent their interests as […]

A Menemsha resident who sued her neighbors for alleged, illegal tree cutting on her property has agreed upon a $2.5 million settlement. In the original complaint, filed with the Dukes County Superior Court in February of last year by her attorneys, Martha Cottle, Trustee of the Cottle Family Realty Trust, claimed that over 100 trees […]

I must start off by admitting I can’t actually declare this an official fish beer. There is nothing fishing related on the can. But anyone that has ever visited Menemsha Harbor on Martha’s Vineyard will attest that it is perhaps the fishiest port in the Northeast. It’s where Captain Quint docked his boat in the

For a respite from the noise, you can get ice cream at Ben & Bill’s Chocolate Emporium: Adventurous eaters may reach for the lobster flavor.

5 things to do on Martha's Vineyard, including relaxing at the beach, visiting a farm, and viewing the famous gingerbread cottages.

Station Menemsha Master Chief Justin Longval passed the torch to Senior Chief Steven White after 26 years of serving as an enlisted member of the Coast Guard. The change of command ceremony took place on Friday morning at the Coast Guard boat house on Menemsha Harbor with family, station crew members, and friends celebrating the […]

Where a plaintiff filed a complaint over the termination by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers of a dredging contract, a U.S. District Court judge committed no error by dismissing the complaint as time-barred under the Contract Disputes Act. Affirmed. “This matter arises out of a terminated June 2015 contract for dredging waterways in Menemsha