The commission’s vote Thursday night clears the way for the school to seek a building permit from the town of Tisbury, although commissioners imposed several conditions on their approval.

Martha’s Vineyard Regional High School officials have discovered more than $160,000 in budget shortfalls for the coming fiscal year, but taxpayers won’t be on the hook for the increases.

The brightest planet in our western sky is descending closer and closer towards the horizon. Throughout the winter Jupiter was high in our evening sky. It drew attention by being so brilliant and so high. That is changing with the changing seasons.

From the eternal flame at the Kirkuk oil fields to the one-room schoolhouse in West Tisbury, Anne Ganz's cartoons tell the story of her life.

When a shipwrecked sailor, an Indian ballet dancer, a pair of escaped Afghan interpreters and an assortment of movie makers are all headed for the Vineyard in March, it can mean only one thing: The Martha’s Vineyard Film Festival is back.

Chilmark select board member Bill Rossi and Oak Bluffs select board member Jason Balboni both are planning to step down after their terms are over, shaking up the Island political scene as boards face large infrastructure projects and sky high housing costs.

The messages from Kenya begin arriving as early as 3 a.m.

Who am I without you? I can’t be the only widowed person who finds this question sneaking into my consciousness from time to time.

West Tisbury will have a new town accountant as of April 1, after the town voted to appointed Island resident Chelsea Joiner to succeed longtime town accountant Bruce Stone, following his retirement.