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.

Brian K. Hunt and Melissa C. Thomas Hunt purchased 1 Narragansett avenue in Oak Bluffs from Marie T. Sheehy Trust and Arthur J. Meuse Trs. for $3,475,000 on Feb. 23.

The Martha's Vineyard Land Bank reported revenues of $96,380 for the business week ending on Friday, Feb. 23, 2024.

The snow is gone, temperatures are rising, shrubs and trees are showing tiny buds and folks seem very happy.

The stars, seas, sunlight and nearly everything positive aligned as people made their way to faraway places during February vacation week.

The sun is shining, the snow is melting, it is warmer and the crocuses and daffodils are showing their little leaves.