Given the recent dead turkeys found in Edgartown (some of them are being tested for the avian flu) it is prudent to be careful even though the flu has not yet been detected on the Vineyard.

Though influenza, colloquially known as the flu, is endemic, meaning always-present, the latest eruption of highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) is causing concern.

With the constant below-freezing temperatures and the parade of weekly storms, this is beginning to feel like the winters of my childhood.

Even for the hardiest New Englanders, February is often the longest, shortest month.

It is always nice and uplifting to see the blue sky. The temperature has been back and forth, but it was in the 40s and walking outside was bearable.

Exciting news for our food options. Chef Carlos Montoya and Sheenagh Caridi have purchased our beloved Little House restaurant.

Nicole Cabot is celebrating a storybook ending to a family legend.

The high school production of Anything Goes opens Thursday, Feb. 13. The show follows the antics of gangsters, an heiress and a nightclub singer as they board an ocean liner headed to London from New York City.

For more than 30 years the Martha’s Vineyard Rod & Gun Club has held fly tying classes for fishermen of all levels.

Some of the Island’s most notorious stretches of asphalt are coming under scrutiny as Vineyard planners attempt to make roads safer.