The Martha’s Vineyard Airport reached new heights in 2023, reporting the busiest year for commercial flights in its more than 60-year history.

A strong storm with winds of 50 miles per hour hit the Vineyard Tuesday night, causing erosion, destructive washovers and scattered power outages throughout the Island. 

The select board Monday held a hearing on a new proposed bylaw that would limit private residences to two social events per week exceeding 50 people and no more than five events total per month.

The West Tisbury fire department placed John Rose on indefinite suspension in mid-December, after a court granted a harassment prevention order against the former Oak Bluffs fire chief.

The high school has submitted an application to remove portions of its athletic facility in Oak Bluffs, taking a step forward in its plans to upgrade its fields while still engaged in a legal battle with the Oak Bluffs planning board.

The Vineyard’s representative on the ferry line’s governing board said this week that the board and its advisory council have begun discussing a succession plan for the authority’s top job.

Although initial cleanup efforts of the Dec. 18 storm have been completed, towns still face hard decisions as erosion continues to eat away at the edges of the Island.

Dukes County is once again on the hunt for a new treasurer after the current job holder told officials she plans to resign this spring.

A fire last week at the JWL Transport junkyard remains is being considered suspicious, a fire official said Wednesday. 

After opening a new location in Connecticut, the owner of Jimmy Seas Pan Pasta is planning a slow retreat from his Oak Bluffs restaurant in order to give a new owner the chance to learn the pasta business.