Tisbury Fire News Today

Ghosts, goblins, pumpkins, and treats. The spirit of Halloween has washed ashore once more, and the Island community sure knows how to celebrate its arrival. Saturday, Oct. 28 Do you tend to wait until the last minute, grab a trash bag, cut some holes in it, and call it a costume? Kudos for trying, but […]

To the Editor A thousand kudos and thanks to the Tisbury Fire Dept. and Police who came promptly to our house on Hatch Road and saved us from a kitchen fire. We are so grateful to them for supporting our family. One last word: Please check your smoke detectors. Without these devices, the house could […]

A FIRE broke out in a barn and crews from across the region fought it for 12 hours.

Oak Bluffs Fire Capt. John O’Donnell, 34, spends many of his nights at the town’s fire station. In addition to the general time he gives as the volunteer captain of Rescue 561 and Engine 522, O’Donnell also volunteers as a night shift EMT.  Oak Bluffs Fire and EMS Chief Nelson Wirtz said O’Donnell not only […]

A pedestrian was struck by a vehicle in or near the intersection of High Point Lane and State Road Thursday afternoon in Tisbury. Tisbury EMS, Tisbury Police, Tisbury Fire, and Massachusetts State Police responded.  One person was taken to Martha’s Vineyard Hospital with minor injuries, according to Tisbury Police Sgt. Andrew Silvia. Sgt. Silvia said […]

The body of one of two missing swimmers off Martha's Vineyard was found Monday morning. The swimmers had jumped off the Jaws bridge in Edgartown.

On Friday evening, Tisbury had itself another annual birthday party on Main Street after two years off because of COVID. Main Street was filled with people and vendors. There was facepainting, food, a long line for fried dough, and lots of silly string and poppers — the classics of the Tisbury Street Fair.  Back as well […]

On Friday Tisbury received its new harbor patrol boat from Eastern Boats of Milton, NH. The delivery comes about two years and eight months after the previous harbor patrol boat, “Rock Salt,” sank at the Owen Park Dock on Oct. 3, 2019.  An investigator for the insurer blamed the sinking on a loose deck hatch. […]

Island businesses are feeling the pressure of the upcoming influx of summer visitors. It is around this time of year when Vineyard residents begin to brace themselves for what is expected to be — and always is — a chaotic turnaround from a listless off-season to a frenzied peak season. For many year-rounders, summer on […]

To the Editor: On Monday, May 9, my 97-year-old mother’s house in Tisbury burned down. No one was hurt, thank God. Marge Berlow’s rescue and good luck are a direct result of her caretaker’s grace and agility under pressure, and of the skills and courage of our neighbors, who assisted her off the roof and […]