Vineyard Shipyard News Today

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 […]

Felix Neck Wildlife Sanctuary is hosting their 41st annual Felix Neck Fall Festival, titled “All for Nature and Nature for All,” on Friday, Nov. 25, from 10 am until 2 pm, according to a press release. Folks will have the opportunity to spend the day at the sanctuary and experience an Island tradition. No admission […]

After a (too short) stint offering takeout food this summer, Bombay Indian restaurant reopened Sunday, to the delight of foodies Island-wide. This time, a new location, a broader-ranging menu, and not one, but two chefs promise a new kind of eating experience, with dishes and flavors unavailable at existing Vineyard food spots. Earlier this year, […]

At the heart of the state of Delaware lies an exciting and historic city, Milford, and it is located in two counties at once, Kent and Sussex.

Following an April 20 hearing, Tisbury’s select board voted unanimously to raise mooring and dockage fees.  Harbormaster John Crocker said the increase was 10 percent, and has been endorsed by the waterways committee. “The rates depend on the length of the vessel, so if you have a larger vessel, you pay a higher mooring permit […]

A nor’easter that carpeted the Vineyard Saturday with over a foot of snow has been classified as a blizzard by the National Weather Service. The blizzard knocked out electricity to thousands of homes and triggered a cessation of all Steamship Authority service on Saturday. On Chappaquiddick, the whole island went dark and the Chappy Ferry […]

Tisbury’s conservation commission continued its hearing on a proposed offshore wind farm operations and maintenance (O and M) facility at the Tisbury Marine Terminal on Beach Road. The project features three berths for offshore maintenance vessels, a piling-supported pier, and a breakwater or “wave wall” to protect vessels at berth. Vineyard Wind is waiting in […]