The West Tisbury select board this week scheduled a June 13 special town meeting to reconsider the regional high school operating budget.

After 38 years as the executive director of the Vineyard Conservation Society, Brendan O'Neill is passing the torch to Samantha Look.

A group of roughly 20 neighbors and abutters have organized to protest a proposed renovation of 81 South Water street in Edgartown, claiming that the new construction will block one of the last public views of the harbor.

Once largely isolated to the fringes of the Island, lone star ticks are spreading throughout Martha’s Vineyard, and health officials are advising extra vigilance to avoid the unpleasant consequences of their bite.

When Aquinnah voters convene next week for the Island’s final annual town meeting, they will weigh funding for town building repairs, proposals to make the town more energy efficient and a plan to raise the town’s short-term rental tax.

Voting takes place from noon to 8 p.m. on Tuesday, May 9, at the town’s emergency services facility on Spring street.

After releasing an initial draft of the plan last June, the Trustees spent the year gathering public feedback on topics such as oversand vehicle access, shorebird protections and pet regulations.

A planned Mexican restaurant on Union street in Vineyard Haven took a giant step toward opening this summer when the Tisbury planning board voted 4-1 Wednesday to allow a special permit for the operation.

Richard Leonard will be this year’s recipient of the Spirit of the Vineyard Award.

In late February I was committed to McLean psychiatric hospital for two weeks.