Making history, the bark Morgan, the last remaining wooden whaling ship, has left Newport, R.I. and is bound for the Vineyard. The ship will be...

Gil Traverso, principal of the Roger L. Putnam Vocational-Technical Academy in Springfield, and David Maxwell, associate principal at Valley High...

scrimshaw whaling

In the early days of whaling on Martha's Vineyard, foul weather and ferocious whales were the least of a whaler's worries.

The board of health will continue a public hearing on whether to remove fluoride from town water. Board member John Campbell said he would make...

Peter Persson of Edgartown was named to the president’s list for the spring 2014 semester at Bentley University.

Edgartown shellfishermen are one step closer to farming in a new spot in Nantucket Sound, following an approval from the selectmen on Monday. The...

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