Nearly 100 children ages 3 to 14 and their families rose before the sun to participate in the tournament, now in its 49th year.

After a vigorous debate Thursday night, the Martha’s Vineyard Commission voted 10 to 6 in favor of resuming in-person meetings in May.

Joshua Goncalves-Radding was indicted on 17 charges by a Maine grand jury Friday in connection with a 2022 car crash that killed four people, including an Aquinnah resident Riley Ignacio-Cameron.

Felix Reagan, who was indicted on 46 charges in 2021, was sentenced to at least six years in prison.

Alabama Shipyard, LLC of Mobile, Ala. has won the contract to convert two former offshore service vessels into freight ferries, following a unanimous vote by the boat line board of governors Friday afternoon.

As the Vineyard real estate market keeps going up, off-Island scammers have tried to take advantage of the situation, listing houses for sale or rent online without the owner’s knowledge.

Changes in office habits have pushed Seastreak to stop running its summer ferry route from New York City to Martha’s Vineyard.

The two closest planets to the sun appear in our western sky in the evenings ahead. Venus is the easiest to spot, the brightest of all celestial objects in our night sky. Mercury is not far below, but nowhere as near as bright. Mercury reaches greatest elongation from the sun on Tuesday night. That means the planet is as far away from the sun as will get this spring. This is an opportune time to hunt for the wandering planet.

Dion Alley, Thomas J. Hallahan and Kerry Mark Leonard are seeking the two open seats.

Town meetings across the Island will consider funding a feasibility study for the replacement or reconstruction of the regional high school.