According to Massachusetts wildlife officials, about 190 deer were checked in at the Manuel F. Correllus State Forest check in station during the first week of deer shotgun season this year. While...

Tisbury and Oak Bluffs are nearing agreement on sharing a building commissioner who would cover both towns. Town administrators for the two towns presented a draft inter-municipal agreement at a...

A decided chill, no doubt blowing down from the North Pole, caused a festive crowd of revelers gathered at Memorial Wharf Friday evening to bundle up tight for the annual lighting of the Edgartown...

Chris Porterfield is a busy guy, handling his job as director of food and nutrition at Martha’s Vineyard Hospital. He volunteers at annual events like the Sullivan Run/Walk, the Suicide...

As people gathered Wednesday evening at the Good Shepherd Parish Center in Oak Bluffs, Father Vincent (Chip) Seadale was getting some good-natured ribbing from his friends and colleagues. They were...

Three more Island towns have set their tax rates for the current fiscal year that began July 1. In Oak Bluffs, selectmen voted recently to approve a tax rate of $7.69 per $1,000 of assessed...

Sail Martha’s Vineyard, the Island’s nonprofit community sailing program, named a new executive director Tuesday to replace Brock Callen, who is retiring after leading the organization...

Overworked umbrellas and wellies, wet dogs, muddy kitchen entryways, delayed work projects for highway crews and landscape companies — the rainy weather this fall has been a predominant theme...

The loud crunch of a claw excavator cutting into a roof line was in the air Tuesday morning as demolition of the former Hinckley’s lumber yard in Vineyard Haven began. Two large John Deere...

The annual shotgun deer season got underway this week on Martha’s Vineyard, and several days of good hunting weather helped Island hunters bag 124 white-tail deer through Thursday morning....