Voting for Martha’s Vineyard Magazine’s annual Best of the Vineyard contest continues through Saturday, April 6.

The League of Women Voters of Martha’s Vineyard will host a candidate forum on Saturday, March 23 for candidates running for office in Edgartown.

Joseph McLaughlin joined the organization in late February after decades as director of properties at the Norman Bird Sanctuary in Rhode Island, according to the Trustees.

Kailey Manzone and Nicholas Mazone, of Oak Bluffs, announce the birth of a son, Maxim Joseph Manzone, born on March 2.

Traci Smith went before the Oak Bluffs select board last week, requesting licenses for her proposed Martha’s Vineyard Black Book Festival inside and on the lawn of the Island Inn.

Carolina Cooney is stepping down from her role as executive director of Martha’s Vineyard Chamber of Commerce.

The Sankaty ferry was back up and running Monday after a crew shortage caused the Steamship Authority to cancel all of the freight ferry’s trips on Sunday.

A professional illustrator in the era before photojournalism, Percy Elton Cowen (1888-1923) created vivid images to accompany stories in Collier’s, Harper’s, Adventure and other magazines.

The boys and girls high school hockey teams had their playoff runs cut down this weekend, with the girls team losing 3-0 to Algonquin on Saturday and the boys losing 6-3 to Ashland on Sunday. 

The Martha’s Vineyard boys basketball team took home a win in the second round of playoffs Saturday, beating out Lynnfield 63-47.