As the Vineyard real estate market keeps going up, off-Island scammers have tried to take advantage of the situation, listing houses for sale or rent online without the owner’s knowledge.

Changes in office habits have pushed Seastreak to stop running its summer ferry route from New York City to Martha’s Vineyard.

The two closest planets to the sun appear in our western sky in the evenings ahead. Venus is the easiest to spot, the brightest of all celestial objects in our night sky. Mercury is not far below, but nowhere as near as bright. Mercury reaches greatest elongation from the sun on Tuesday night. That means the planet is as far away from the sun as will get this spring. This is an opportune time to hunt for the wandering planet.

Dion Alley, Thomas J. Hallahan and Kerry Mark Leonard are seeking the two open seats.

Town meetings across the Island will consider funding a feasibility study for the replacement or reconstruction of the regional high school.

Vineyard Conservation Society is hosting its 31st annual Earth Day Beach Clean-Up on Saturday, April 22 from 10 a.m. to noon.

West Tisbury residents will be asked Tuesday to vote on a variety of spending measures, including urgent repairs to the West Tisbury Public Library heating and ventilation system, and $415,000 in pay raises for town staff.

Sixteen new trees for the historic district and a bylaw to restrict noise on Sundays in West Tisbury.

It's been five years since independent consultants at HMS in Seattle, Wash. issued their detailed management study of the Steamship Authority following an unprecedented series of breakdowns on ferries.

Voters in Oak Bluffs will decide on a handful of funding questions at their annual town meeting Tuesday, with articles on projects ranging from repairs to the East Chop bulkhead to ongoing work to restore the health of Farm Pond.