In 1979, after Joyce Stiles-Tucker graduated from college with a degree in sociology and a social work license, she returned to Vineyard Haven, where she was born, headed to Main street and began passing out copies of her resume.

Dancers, actors, musicians and visual artists have turned the Grange Hall in West Tisbury into an all-ages haunted house for the next two weekends, with a new performance piece titled Granger Things.

Chilmark residents and town officials convened this week to discuss how best to manage Menemsha’s growing summer tourism. 

Roughly $155,000 in grant money will be dedicated to surveying a salt marsh around Poucha Pond and the bay side of Cape Poge Wildlife Refuge on Chappaquiddick.

Earlier this month, Care Access said the FDA inspected the company’s activities in the Lyme vaccine trials and it resulted in no “Form 483,” observations, meaning investigators found no clinical practices violations.

Joelle Regina Chagas Dos Santos and Hiago Dos Santos Salazar, of Vineyard Haven, announce the birth of a son, Pedro Murilo Dos Santos Salazar, born on Oct. 21.

Josilaine Pereira and Walmyr Junior Pereira, of Edgartown, announce the birth of a daughter, Asis Antonella Pereira, born on Oct. 20.

“Hello, nature curious journalists” is how the email began, so I knew a natural history mystery was coming my way. 

After working in Edgartown on Tuesday, I took a drive down the right fork to South Beach and back on the left fork.

Here come the winter finches!