With summer at the halfway point, Island businesses have begun to tally the numbers.

Legislation passed this week by Massachusetts lawmakers would extend state and local occupancy taxes to short-term rental properties.

At 87, Everett Poole is still working hard at his chandlery in Menemsha, where he has chosen to hold onto the old ways.

The majority of the storied north shore estate once owned by legendary Washington Post publisher Katharine Graham is on the market.

The only fire at the Chilmark volunteer firefighters’ Backyard Bash Wednesday was on the grill, where burger patties and corn on the cob were laid out for hundreds.

The Library Friends of Oak Bluffs thank our neighbors of all ages who turned out for our annual summer book sale.

On July 19, the car I was driving in Chilmark heading up-Island drifted right, hit a large rock, skidded and rolled over.

The Martha’s Vineyard Hospital has been in the news a lot during the past few years.

They say you never miss the water until the well runs dry.

Well, the Oak Bluffs post office hasn’t run dry, but Paul Leonard is missed to an aching degree.

As you all said, the post office there is short staffed at the moment, and service is affected by that.