George Brennan

A newspaper that bills itself as the daily newspaper of the Cape and Islands allowed a right-leaning nonprofit to purchase a full-page ad trolling one of the Islands it purports to cover. The Cape Cod Times ran a full-page ad from Citizens for Sanity, which mocked Martha’s Vineyard’s response to the…

Islanders will continue to see more integration of the Massachusetts General Brigham (MGB) brand at Martha’s Vineyard Hospital, but Denise Schepici, CEO and president of the Island hospital, told The Times patient care won’t change. Schepici said the brand changes have been slowly implemented over t…

A 53-year-old Secret Service employee reportedly assigned to former President Barack Obama’s Vineyard detail was arraigned in Edgartown District Court Friday on charges of criminal harassment and witness intimidation. Douglas Vines pleaded not guilty to the charges, which stem from his relationship…

The Edgartown select board committed to supplying names for a Martha’s Vineyard Regional High School building committee, but said an Oct. 31 deadline may be unrealistic. The select board heard a report from Sam Hart, coordinator of special projects for MVRHS, that the high school committee would lik…

A Vineyard attorney who has worked closely with the Venezuelan migrants since they landed on Martha’s Vineyard says they have filed for immigration under a law that protects victims of crimes. Rachel Self, who specializes in immigration laws, said it’s a complicated and lengthy process toward lawful…

Marc Hanover, the longtime owner of Linda Jean’s, has reached a deal to lease the popular Oak Bluffs restaurant to Winston and Lisa Christie, owners of Winston’s Kitchen. Hanover told The Times he’ll be retiring from the business he established 47 years ago on Circuit Avenue. “I’m excited,” Hanover said. “I wanted to sell, but …

The newly created bike lanes along Beach Road in Vineyard Haven are a potential danger to cyclists because they’ve been filled with sand for weeks, with no sign of either the town or the state being willing to sweep them anytime soon. At a joint meeting between Nantucket and Martha’s Vineyard select…

November is hospice and palliative care month and at Hospice & Palliative Care of Martha’s Vineyard, there is much to celebrate and highlight as the 41-year-old organization ushers in a new era of Medicare certification. During a conversation with The Times Monday, the nonprofit’s top executives and…

The family of Paul Whelan, a man held captive by Russia for nearly four full years, hasn’t heard from him in nearly a week, which is unusual and concerning, according to family members, including Vineyard resident Elizabeth Whelan. It will be four years on Dec. 28 since Whelan was taken into custody…

At a status hearing in Massachusetts Land Court in the case of Martha’s Vineyard Regional High School v. the Town of Oak Bluffs Planning Board over the planning board’s rejection of a special permit for a synthetic turf field at the high school, it became clear that the MVRHS attorney is hanging the case on …