The Steamship Authority is tightening its cybersecurity training program and policies around free ferry rides for employees and their families after a recent audit of the ferry line.

Nearly 200 parents attended an Edgartown school committee meeting last week, criticizing the district for a lack of transparency and a pattern of ignoring parental concerns.

James Pond Preserve, a 13-acre parcel next to Lambert’s Cove beach in West Tisbury, opened last weekend after a long delay due to a state review process.

The regional high school committee Monday voted to withdraw its applications for the project with the Martha's Vineyard Commission and give its building committee a blank slate as officials consider a overhaul for the entire campus.

Martha's Vineyard Bank Charitable Foundation has announced that its annual application for scholarships is now open.

MVYRADIO has awarded its tenth round of Business Diversity Initiative grants to local businesses.

Petar Petyoshin, who was arrested in May for stealing more than $21,000 from the Davis Straits Rockland Trust, was also given five years of supervised release by U.S. District Court judge Angel Kelly at his sentencing Monday. 

Rez Williams, an acclaimed Island artist known for his large-scale paintings of boats and his devotion to Island conservation, died in Boston on Sunday, Feb. 4. He was 81.

The Martha’s Vineyard Rod and Gun Club fly-tying get-togethers resume this winter beginning Tuesday, Feb. 6 at 7 p.m.

As I am sure readers know, the Island is a special place when adversity and difficult news hits home, the people on the Island show up.