Traffic along Beach Road was being detoured Friday afternoon because the Lagoon Pond drawbridge was stuck in the open position.

After neighbors rallied against a proposed home expansion on South Water street, the architect behind the project proposed new plans that would leave the harbor view intact.

A neighbor of a yet-to-be built Oak Bluffs inn filed a lawsuit against the town planning board this week, arguing the board’s approval of the inn’s permits ignored town parking requirements.

Carla Cooper of Edgartown has been honored by the Cape and Islands Democratic Council with the Democrat of the Year award.

A brilliant full moon rises in southeastern sky tomorrow night, about the same time as sunset, or a little later. We call this the Summer Moon. In other places the moon is called Strawberry Moon. The moon is in the zodiacal constellation Scorpius, one of the southern most constellations in the zodiac. The moon will never get much altitude, but will stay close to the southern horizon through the night.

Five Island nonprofit organizations were honored on May 17 when the Cape and Islands United Way celebrated organizations receiving its community impact grants.

On Thursday, June 8, Island businesses will gather for the Best of the Vineyard, an annual party hosted by Martha’s Vineyard Magazine.

The Vineyard Sustainable Energy Committee recently drafted and approved a letter calling for electrification of ferries being added to the authority's fleet.

On May 2 of this year at its annual spring meeting, the Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission made history in the now decades-long saga of America’s great “gamefish,” the striped bass.

In early April, a date came up for the celebration of the 25th anniversary of the signing at the Northern Ireland peace treaty.