Earlier this year Emily deBettencourt was named Oak Bluffs harbormaster, taking over for Todd Alexender who retired. Ms. deBettencourt started working on the harbor in high school.

I am a relative newcomer to Martha’s Vineyard generally and to Edgartown specifically, arriving on the Island 20 years ago and in the village 15 years ago.

Living in a state that prioritizes education, I was recently reminded that nothing magical happens at age five.

There was a very interesting article in the May 18 issue of the Boston Globe's Metro section about PFAS.

This week we had a chance to watch the West Tisbury planning board process an application for a building project that far exceeded the size limits allowed by the existing zoning law.

Gay Head won the Boston Post Shield of Honor for the largest percentage of men in the service of the United States.

Far from issuing a hopeless vision of the future, this year's Martha's Vineyard Environmental Film Festival aims to leave audiences optimistic about the solutions to climate change.

The Extraordinary Life of Dorothy West exhibit opens this weekend at the museum and spans Ms. West’s life in Boston, Harlem, Moscow and on the Vineyard.

The Martha's Vineyard Playhouse hosts the Irish Repertory Theatre production of The Smuggler by Ronan Noone, beginning this weekend and running through June 3.

Each year at the beginning of Memorial Day weekend, the Island’s school children participate in March to the Sea tributes that culminate in students tossing flowers into the sea in honor of military service people everywhere.