The businessman who plans to operate the Island’s first medical marijuana establishment announced that he has hired dispensary staff.

This is the unusual story of the unlikely relationship between two families.

Aquinnah selectmen have asked Martha’s Vineyard Commission to exercise its authority under its enabling act and review the proposed bingo hall as a development of regional impact (DRI).

The Martha’s Vineyard Land Bank has added nearly 40 acres of rolling hills, stone walls, wetlands and forest to its holdings off Lighthouse Road.

A total of 25 students from Martha’s Vineyard earned recognition for their work in this year’s Boston Globe Scholastic Art and Writing Awards.

An early-stage plan to significantly expand the Martha’s Vineyard Airport saw backlash from Island residents at a public hearing Thursday.

A thin crescent moon appears low in the southwestern sky on Tuesday evening. The moon will be close to the horizon and visible only to those with a clear view of the west.

This weekend will be moonless. The moon is in the new moon phase on Monday.

Some may see the crescent moon as early as Tuesday evening, but most will see it Wednesday night when it is higher sky.

I suppose the holiday season goes on all year.

January has departed leaving with it ups and downs both in atmospheric wonders and community happenings.

Edgartown firefighters responded to a fire at the Harbor View Hotel in frigid conditions late Wednesday evening and found a stubborn blaze.