When Anthony Holand answered an ad for an apprentice metal sculptor in the Vineyard Gazette 17 years ago, he had no idea that it would lead to a career.

The Island energy cooperative is entering the next phase of its plan to build a 40-megawatt wind farm south of the Vineyard, and has reached a clear turning point in its young history, president Richard Andre said at the fifth annual meeting Saturday.

The minute I get the Martha’s Vineyard Real Estate Yearbook with home sales by town and neighborhood, I tear through the pages to see what homes sold for in Chilmark where we live.

Ben Moore’s house in West Tisbury is easy to miss. A window or two and a modest gabled roof are all that show through a tall row of hedges at the end of a dirt road near the center of town.

A quick drive around Martha’s Vineyard reveals a tapestry of architectural styles, from the stately homes of former whaling captains in Edgartown to the colorful Victorian gingerbread houses in Oak Bluffs.

The struggle to understand the role of oceans in sustaining life is the theme Tuesday during the Walter Cronkite awards ceremony.

Oak Bluffs continues to press for federal disaster aid to dredge the channel below the Little Bridge and for four other projects.

August is shooting star month. Why? For one, more people are outside stargazing in August because it is comfortable to be outside at night.

Cape Cod Five Cents Savings Bank, the dominant regional bank on the Cape, is taking steps to enlarge its foothold on the Island with plans to open a full-service branch in Vineyard Haven by next summer.

The lack of affordable housing, both summer and year-round, is by now a well-entrenched Island problem, but many believe that this year the shortage is unusually severe.