The Health Imperative Sexual Health Clinic in Vineyard Haven proudly flies a sign provided by the Friends of Family Planning.

At a ceremony in the State House’s Hall of Flags, Rep. Terrence P. McCarthy was presented with a flag for the new state of Martha’s Vineyard and Nantucket.

Once again, our Island Community, both near and far, wrapped its collective arms around Red Stocking 2023 . . . our 85th year!

Edgartown officials recently met with the state and federal government to survey the damage at South Beach and Norton Point. Though emergency aid is in limbo, work has already begun.

Fishermen, aquaculturists and water quality activists will gather for a night at the movies — and some oysters on the half shell — at the Martha's Vineyard Film Center on Sunday.

After more than three years of permitting and construction, Reid (Sam) Dunn's mixed-use Stone Bank condominium project is a largely tenanted new mini-neighborhood in downtown Vineyard Haven.

School vacation has emptied the Island of many families this week, but you’d hardly know it at the West Tisbury library when lunchtime rolls around.

“At one point [Monday], there were probably 40 or 50 people hanging out in the community room, getting soup or getting soup to go,” said library director Alexandra Pratt.

Every weekday through March 1, the library is serving a free soup and bread lunch from 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. for schoolchildren on break and anyone else who needs a hot, wholesome midday meal.

Signs of an early spring are heating up. Maybe the groundhog's prediction of an early spring will prove correct!

Edgartown residents debated 10 possible new zoning bylaws in a public hearing Tuesday, all intended to preserve the town’s year-round housing stock, encourage higher-density building and protect the Island’s fragile natural resources. 

The following cases were heard in Edgartown district court.