Philbin Beach News Today

Last week’s powerful storm that struck the Island, eroding a number of south-facing beaches, also washed up a lot of trash and debris.  And Island environmentalists, during a cleanup on a breezy winter solstice Dec. 21, gathered at Squibnocket Beach and removed more than 300 pounds of lighters, fishing equipment, plastic bottles, and other debris.  […]

Typically, sharks don't return to the waters off Cape Cod and the Islands until mid-June. But shark season got an early start this year, as several have already...

Typically, sharks don't return to the waters off Cape Cod and the Islands until mid-June. But shark season got an early start this year, as several have already...

Rodney Downing Farrow (“Rod”) died peacefully in his sleep at his home on Abel’s Hill on Jan. 23, 2022. He first came to Martha’s Vineyard in the summer of 1940, returning every year until making it his permanent home in 1991. Rod and his twin sister, Katherine (“Kit”) Farrow Jorrens, were born in Rochester, N.Y., […]

A parking lot near Aquinnah Circle will be equipped with an electronic park-and-pay machine to boost revenue from the lot. The Aquinnah select board unanimously approved the recommendation to install the machine made by the Aquinnah parking committee during a Tuesday evening meeting. Aquinnah select board member Tom Murphy abstained from voting because he was […]