The Edgartown shellfish committee recently approved residential and commercial bay scallop seasons in town.

The planning board is pondering the expansion of commercial zones, residential zone restrictions, accessory dwelling requirements and regulations on short-term rental properties, among other changes.

West Tisbury affordable housing committee chair Jefrey DuBard pitched a town meeting article that would require affordable housing committee appointees on each town’s land bank advisory committee.

Edward L. Harris, a 1994 graduate of the Martha's Vineyard Regional High School, recently retired from the U.S. Navy at the rank of senior chief petty officer.

The proposed changes would extend Ameresco's lease agreement from 20 years to 25 years and raise the total lease payment to the town from $12 million to $14.4 million.

Ingridi Souza De Paula and Leandro Moreira De Paula, of Oak Bluffs, announce the birth of a daughter, Nicole Souza De Paula, born on Sept. 28.

My very first site visit as the new CEO of the Trustees of Reservations was to the beaches we own and manage on Martha’s Vineyard.

Vineyard health care providers are starting a new course to introduce more people to job opportunities on the Island.

The Tisbury board of health last week approved changes to town wastewater regulations, widening the scope of conditions under which property owners must install advanced denitrification septic systems.

The new rules, which go into effect Jan. 1, 2024, apply only to properties in the Lagoon Pond and Lake Tashmoo watersheds, Tisbury health agent Maura Valley said at a public hearing Sept. 26.

The M/V Nantucket was working the Vineyard route when tidal and wind conditions caused the ferry to hit a concrete piling at the Oak Bluffs dock on Seaview avenue Monday.