At a public hearing, five residents of William Norton Road spoke out against the Martha’s Vineyard Shipyard’s application to build a 2,490-square foot repair workshop and a 5,000-square-foot outdoor boat storage pad at 49 Holmes Hole Road.

The documentary Me Period, screened at the Martha's Vineyard Film Festival, follows two generations of Black women discussing their experiences with menstruation and sex.

Grief, family, race, healthcare and identity were at the center of multiple discussions at the recent Martha’s Vineyard Community, Purpose and Legacy Series.

Charlie Ortmans, 19, won the Chilmark Road Race Saturday for the third year in a row with a time of 15:58. Lilly Tuck was the first female finisher.

The Steamship Authority got off to a rocky start this weekend after the reservation office in Mashpee lost power in a storm and several runs on the Vineyard Route were canceled. 

Chilmarkers gathered for the town fire department’s annual Backyard Bash Thursday, a barbecue fundraiser that raises money for sick and injured firefighters, high school scholarships and more.

Voter engagement, democracy and the media’s role in shaping the upcoming Presidential election were highlighted through a Black lens during a recent panel titled When We Vote: Why It Matters.

Chilmark may be poised to send out a request for proposals to construct an affordable housing complex off Pasture Road six years after the idea was first hatched. 

The Tabernacle in Oak Blfufs feature Sen. Raphael Warnock on Sunday, August 11 in a service billed as a Festival of Worship and Song.


Summer strength and conditioning sessions are going strong at Martha’s Vineyard Regional High School.