For 33 years the Vineyard Conservation Society has hosted the Island’s largest beach cleanup to honor Earth Day and raise awareness about the dangers of plastics in the ocean.

A new restaurant in a well-known location got the green light Wednesday from the Tisbury planning board, which voted unanimously — but with conditions — to issue a special permit for MV Tap.

Town officials in West Tisbury are trying to figure out if money approved at town meeting for police details can be paid to non-union employees. 

A new hotel is proposed for Oak Bluffs in the spot where the Ocean View restaurant welcomed generations of Islanders for dinner. And a fun Island to-do list to help you through school vacation.

Alex Morrison's win over seven-term incumbent select board member Michael Donaroma heralds the arrival of a younger generation in town politics.

The season gets off to a galloping start on Saturday with the opening of the Flying Horses Carousel in Oak Bluffs.

Robert V. Hammett of Oak Bluffs and Deborah Hammett are pleased to announce the marriage of their daughter Emily to Chase Stormer.

At farms around the Island, lambs are one of the many spring harbingers here that include the chorus of pinkletinks from the swamps and wetlands, and majestic osprey circling overhead as they build their nests.

Here on the Vineyard, the Island celebrates its 33rd Earth Day with a host of activities on Saturday, April 19, including a beach clean-up and an after-party at the Martha’s Vineyard Museum.

Twenty-five years ago, there we stood, the four of us, up in the stands at the Fleet Center in Boston: Mike McLaughlin, George Gamble, Tom Mayhew and I.