Greg Leland sued the town last week, arguing the town did not give him a proper hearing to defend himself over charges of favoritism and creating an uncomfortable work environment connected to his relationship with the lead paramedic supervisor.

Chilmark voters approved restrictions on leaf blowers and gave initial approval for overrides totaling nearly $750,000 during the annual town meeting Monday evening.  

Vital counseling for Island veterans will continue at Martha’s Vineyard Community Services, funded by donors who have contributed enough to keep the program going after its federal contract ends on June 30.

The recent news that the Nobel Prize-winning writer Mario Vargas Llosa had died immediately transported me back through space and time to Vineyard Haven.

Family and friends of Jorge Marcelo Yanza Riera, who died after falling at an Edgartown construction site last week, remembered him as a hard worker who had recently moved to the U.S.

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With about a month to go before the season starts, the Martha's Vineyard Sharks are about 20 beds short for its 40-man roster.

The Rev. Vincent G. (Father Chip) Seadale, pastor of St. Andrew’s Episcopal Church in Edgartown, is retiring to Florida next week after more than a decade and a half of Island ministry.

Town officials said the Federal Emergency Management Agency grant, awarded to the town in 2022, may be rescinded, similar to the $90 million in federal grants the Trump Administration cancelled in Massachusetts communities earlier this month.