A Vineyard Transit Authority bus sideswiped a minivan on Lambert's Cove Road in West Tisbury Saturday afternoon.

A 2019 Honda Civic grazed a roadside pole on South Road in Chilmark and flipped onto its roof on Saturday after the driver fell asleep at the wheel.

The Possible Dreams live auction held Sunday at the Winnetu Oceanside Resort and an ongoing silent online auction raised $795,000 for Martha’s Vineyard Community Services, the near-record amount adding over $100,000 from last year’s total.

The Oak Bluffs zoning board of appeals referred a proposed mixed-use development that hinges on a controversial home demolition to the Martha’s Vineyard Commission at a public hearing on Tuesday.

Journalist and author Beth Macy believes two things are key to solving America’s overdose crisis: hope and help. On Thursday she gave a talk as part of the Summer Institute Speaker Series at the Hebrew Center.

Officials identified the 45-year-old man who went missing Sunday as Tafari Campbell, of Dumfries, Va. Mr. Campbell had served as the sous chef at the White House during the Obama presidency.

Shortly before 11 a.m. Sunday a single-engine plane went down in an area about a mile west of Martha’s Vineyard Airport. The pilot, who was the only one on board, was uninjured during the emergency landing.

Randolph Bonnist, the 79-year-old man who had a medical emergency while flying the small private plane Saturday, died at Boston Medical Center on Thursday night.

The Martha’s Vineyard Regional High School committee will use donated money to pay the attorney who has been handling its ongoing artificial turf litigation against the town of Oak Bluffs.

Ongoing deliberation over a possible ethics violation on the West Tisbury affordable housing committee flared up once again at a town select board meeting Wednesday.