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 […]
Two days after a nor’easter thrashed the Vineyard, folks are still dealing with the destruction. As of Friday morning, 2,000 Islanders remained without electricity, according to the MEMA power outage map. That’s down from 3,292 customers on Thursday. At the Woods Hole terminal on Friday morning, four utility trucks waited in line to board the […]
After more than four hours underneath the big top outside the Tisbury school, residents approved a more than $30 million operating budget, $5 million in roadway improvements, and a number of changes to planning, practice, and personnel that prepare the town for the future. Back-to-back annual and special town meetings made for a marathon day, […]