Robert Sawyer came to the Martha's Vineyard Commission Thursday seeking permission to knock down a historic home to make way for a new 8-unit housing complex. The MVC said it needed more information before it could decide.

Megan Farrell told parents this week that she will retire at the end of the school year, joining three other Island principals who are planning to step down before next fall.

Chilmark select board candidates Jeffrey Maida and William Meegan weighed on the community center's tennis program, housing and other issues at a candidates forum.

The U.S. Coast Guard transported a patient to an off-Island hospital Thursday, touching down and taking off with a helicopter from Alley Waban Park in Oak Bluffs. 

A 4.8 magnitude earthquake centered in New Jersey caused minor tremors on Martha’s Vineyard Friday morning, according to the U.S. Geological Survey’s Earthquake Hazards program. 

Kris Chvatal, Bill Cleary, Emma Green-Beach, and K. Mark Leonard were all queried about issues on the warrant for annual town meeting on Tuesday. 

The long awaited solar eclipse takes place in the afternoon of Monday, April 8. While this is not a total solar eclipse for Martha's Vineyard and much of New England there is plenty to watch. The eclipse is most notable at 3:25 p.m. when more than 90 per cent of the sun is blocked by the moon for ten minutes. The timing and the amount of totality will vary depending on where you are located.

The first evidence of the moon crossing over the sun will be noticeable through solar eclipse glasses after 2 p.m. and the whole show ends for us around 4:30 p.m.

Island fishermen harvested around 2,500 fewer bushels this year, though local scallopers and fishmongers say it wasn’t all bad news for the fishery, as a lower harvest on- and off-Island prevented the precipitous drop in scallop prices that occurred last year.

For nearly two years, my commute to work consisted of a short walk down Edgartown’s streets to the Vineyard Gazette office.

A great tree fell / the other day / opening up a / new patch of sky / in town.