Superintendent Richard (Richie) Smith spoke sternly to school committee members this week, wishing he was given a head’s up about the motion at West Tisbury town meeting that led to voters rejecting the high school budget.

Firefighters from across the Island responded to a fire that broke out at a home on Pennywise Path shortly after 8 p.m. Thursday.

The nights ahead are moonless, making deep sky stargazing easy and full of wonder. So much has changed in the last month.

Rideshare companies such as Uber and Lyft will have to pay a $3.50 surcharge to pick up riders at the Martha’s Vineyard Airport this year.

Nicole Gazaille-Graves, a captain in the Dukes County sheriff's office, has been recognized as Supervisor of the Year by the Massachusetts Communications Supervisors Association and the Massachusetts State E-911 Department.

Tevin Porter, 27, of Bridgeport, Connecticut, was indicted by a federal grand jury on charges of armed bank robbery, conspiracy to commit armed bank robbery and aiding and abetting.

Edgartown residents voted in a new school committee member and approved a new fire station. West Tisbury passed its $1.2 million library renovation.

Three years ago, Island-based singer-songwriters Phil daRosa, Kate Taylor and Isaac Taylor, along with Rebecca Correia of New Bedford and Nashville, made their Nashville debut under the name The Island Collective.

The legal tug of war over the regional high school’s plan to use artificial turf on its athletic fields took center stage unexpectedly this week as town meeting season got under way.

It’s not every day uniformed members of the U.S. Coast Guard play volleyball with first-graders or shred string cheese with kindergartners at snack break. At the Tisbury School, however, things like this are happening every Thursday.