For the first time in history, the Island Cup will be played at Fenway Park, with the Martha’s Vineyard Regional High School football team heading to Boston this year to take on the Nantucket Whalers in the longstanding tradition.

The proponents of Beach Within Reach, an initiative that has been analyzing dozens of beaches across the Vineyard to make them more accessible for people of all abilities, celebrated their progress at Jetty Beach Tuesday.

Tisbury police say reports of an active shooter in downtown Vineyard Haven Wednesday were part of a “swatting” hoax. 

For decades, Chilmarker Bob Kaplan has worked as a leadership coach for many influential business executives.

Martha’s Vineyard Community Services has appointed chief administrative officer Scott Turton as its interim CEO after Beth Folcarelli announced plans to move to New York earlier this month.

The Steamship Authority board of governors Tuesday voted to approve 41 North Offshore’s plan to run a freight barge to the Island.

On Tuesday, the Steamship board of governors voted to run the same scaled back summer schedule next year in light of crew shortages, but some members wondered if that was even possible as cancellations due to lack of staff pile up.

The Martha’s Vineyard Regional High School committee this week approved an updated student handbook that strictly limits the use of personal devices during school hours.

Greg Leland, who took over the fire department’s top job in 2020, went out on leave for an undisclosed reason on July 11 and is still not back to work, according to town officials.

The 162nd Martha’s Vineyard Agricultural Fair came to a close on Sunday, bringing an end to four days of carnival favorites, Island eats and face time with furry barnyard friends.