The call came on a Friday afternoon, the day before the Fourth of July. A Jeep had caught fire on Beach Road along the crowded Joseph Sylvia State Beach.

The hardest thing these days Is to maintain a single view Of anything.

Plunging into shark-filled waters may sound like a nightmare, but for Chilmark summer residents Adam Geiger and Colette Beaudry, it’s just another day of work. The husband and wife film producing team's latest project, Sharks of the Shadowland, will premiere on Discovery’s Shark Week Friday night.

Cape Pogue resident Donald Greenstein has been finding lone star ticks on his property for years, but never in their current numbers. Island biologist and tick expert Richard Johnson surveyed the property and said he found 30 lone star ticks with 1,000 feet.

This summer on the Island, many of the college students who are taking orders, collecting eggs and folding T-shirts hail from much farther away than mainland, USA. Eastern European college students are increasingly seen filling the summer employment ranks, thanks to programs that sponsor foreign students for J-1 Visas.

Facing a one-year deadline to complete a major restoration project at Squibnocket Beach, the Chilmark selectmen on Tuesday unanimously approved a concept plan for a new parking lot near the beach and a new boat launch at Squibnocket Pond.

Having long enjoyed several parking spots near the Gay Head Light, a small group of condominium residents in Aquinnah are feeling cramped by summer traffic at the Circle this year.

Members of the Lagoon Pond Association will gather this weekend to talk about critical issues facing the saltwater pond.

I’d like to talk about anchoring. And I’d like to talk about garbage. The topics are related since the anchoring skills of most boaters are, um well, garbage.

There is tremendous concern on Martha’s Vineyard about the difficulty households with low and moderate income have finding housing they can afford.