The First Circuit Court of Appeals ruled Oct. 6 that the U.S. District Court in Boston did not properly consider the 11 employees’ request for an injunction in 2022, after the Steamship Authority implemented a vaccine mandate for most workers.

Pimpneymouse Farm, the historic coastal farm that has graced the eastern-facing shoreline of Chappaquiddick for nearly a century, will be preserved in a joint conservation purchase by the Martha's Vineyard Land Bank and the Sheriff's Meadow Foundation.

Island recreational fishermen gathered to celebrate the end of the 78th annual Martha’s Vineyard Striped Bass and Bluefish Derby. Over the course of the five week-long competition, 2,999 contestants submitted more than 17,000 pounds of bluefish, bonito and false albacore to derby headquarters.

As war rages in Gaza and Israel following last week’s Hamas attack, Islanders of many faiths joined the Martha’s Vineyard Hebrew Center congregation in prayer and song Friday evening.

Regional high school student Violet MacPhail organized a panel that included documentary producers and an Olympic gold medal winner to talk about women's rights and modern-day sexism in sports.

Shannon Gregory Carbon, teacher, Vineyarder and beloved member of the Island community, died unexpectedly on Tuesday, Oct. 10. She was 53.

Done; the day begun / beside an old woman / with a golden dog scuttering / on a walk by a pier.

Tomorrow, Saturday, is a big day for followers of the much expected annular eclipse. The eclipse for Martha's Vineyard residents will essentially be partial, a non event and almost unnoticeable. A short time after 1 p.m. only 20 per cent of the sun will be blocked by the moon. That will be difficult to detect. Eye safety is really the biggest issue associated with the eclipse. Do not, under any circumstances look up at the brilliant shining sun anytime. The possibility of permanent eye damage is real.

The special town meeting is scheduled to take place Nov. 14 at 6 p.m. at the West Tisbury school. 

Petar Petyoshin, who was arrested in May for stealing $21,000 from the Davis Straits bank while brandishing a gun and claiming he had a bomb, entered the guilty plea in federal court Thursday.