Tisbury selectmen discussed traffic issues and a new public health collaborative at their regular meeting last week. They also looked toward the future of solid waste management in the town and appointed a new police officer.

Martha’s Vineyard Regional High School sophomore Gabby Carr finished in the top 15 swimmers in two individual events at the Division 2 state meet Saturday night in Boston.

Dorothy West, the great African-American writer who turned 90 this summer, was the guest of honor at a spectacular birthday party Friday afternoon inside the Union Chapel.

Holly Bario is president of production at Steven Spielberg's company Amblin Entertainment (former DreamWorks). She said her film education began at Island Entertainment.

The Vineyard Gazette won 32 awards, including 13 first place honors, for excellence in journalism in the annual New England Better Newspapers Competition.

Public comment on the proposed expansion at the Martha’s Vineyard Airport is running strongly against the plan, airport commissioners learned at their meeting Thursday.

The regional high school production of As You Like It is an evening of sheer, unabashed fun that nonetheless offers some serious lessons about love, loyalty and self-respect.

Expect extreme tides next week.

The recent merger of two mainland hospice organizations has left hospice services on Martha’s Vineyard in a state of change as well.

Fay Wray, a noted beauty from the Golden Age of Hollywood, had two main love interests in her life.