Adam Sopko and Sarah Alexander of Ridgewood, N.J. announce the birth of a son, Hunter Alexander Sopko, born August 5.

Marlene Dias and Paulo Le Mes Cordeiro, of Martha's Vineyard, announce the birth of a daughter, Emanuglly Oliveira Cordeiro, born August 31.

Scoring 75 percent or better in bridge is such a feat that the Bridge Bulletin lists all 75+ scores in its monthly issue.

In a 13-page ruling Tuesday, judge Kevin Smith ruled the Oak Bluffs planning board went beyond its authority when it denied the Martha’s Vineyard Regional High School’s application for an artificial turf field on the basis of ground water protection.

The League of Women Voters of Martha's Vineyard (LWV MV) will hold a membership tea on Saturday, Sept. 23 at 3 p.m.

On Friday, the Lagoon Pond Floating Gallery became a venue for conversation between two groundbreaking women scientists — one African American and the other Wampanoag — about the importance of empowering students of color in the sciences and arts.

Police found Patriot Front signs tacked to poles on various roads downtown Sunday morning. The group is one of the most visible white supremacist groups in the U.S., according to the Anti-Defamation League.

On Tuesday morning around the Island, bells were ringing again as Vineyard students headed back to the classroom for the first day of school.

A team from the Woodwell Climate Research Center in Woods Hole recently completed a Martha’s Vineyard climate risk assessment, looking at how a two-degree increase in global temperatures could impact several climatic factors on-Island.

On beach chairs and blankets scattered across the lawn at Featherstone Center for the Arts, a crowd of about 200 gathered last week to learn about the power of storytelling during a time of crisis.