When the Patriots won two weeks ago, Patsy Weaver Murphy and her delightful granddaughter Jordan said they could hear me screaming with joy all the way to their home in Virginia.

We were in T-shirts and flip-flops on Saturday and now we are in sweatshirts, warm socks and shoes.

Another week has gone by and I find myself feeling like there is a cow sitting on my chest rather than an elephant.

In the past, marine railways were commonplace in Edgartown. They were required for hauling a vessel that was too big to be pulled up the beach on a trailer.

Oak Bluffs will hold a special town meeting on Nov. 7 at the Martha's Vineyard Regional High School Performing Arts Center. Attendees will cast their votes on 12 articles regarding town maintenance projects, affordable housing land designations and formatting changes to town bylaws.

Officials in Tisbury are stepping up the hunt for new office space, as building conditions at both town hall and the town hall annex have deteriorated to the point where worker safety may be at risk. 

The proposal would have turned a trail in the Wapatequa Woods Reservation into a “firebreak,” meant to improve vehicle accessibility at the property in case of a wildfire. Officials felt the plan didn't fit the conditions of the property.

The Steamship Authority will hold two public information sessions on the Vineyard next month to show residents features of the ferry line’s new website and mobile application.

The nearly $1 million in state grants awarded to Island towns last week to upgrade their wastewater systems will be a boon for planned affordable housing developments and potentially other large regional projects.

Robert Sanford Brustein, a titan of the theatre world who launched two seminal institutions, the Yale Repertory Theatre and the American Repertory Theater, nurtured numerous careers and was honored with the National Medal of Arts, died on Oct. 29. He was 96.