The weekend's cold has caused mechanical problems in three ferries.

A total of 19 student artists received acclaim this week, winning a combined 24 awards for their creative submissions to the 2023 Scholastic Art Awards competition.

The Martha's Vineyard Commission unanimously approved the Southern Tier housing complex Thursday. It must now go through the Oak Bluffs permitting process.

Perhaps there is something about living on an Island, but the people of Martha’s Vineyard – both year-round and seasonal residents ­­– have a well-deserved reputation for taking care of their own.

Meet Polly Simpkins, MVYRadio weekend morning host and founder of nonprofit A Cup of Karma.

You’ve got skills! Thanks to classes and events 
organized by Island nonprofits, you can learn 
something new this winter.

Temperatures may reach as low as zero degrees Saturday and winds may reach up to 45 miles per hour.

Sunday's full moon, The Snow Moon, appears in the zodiacal constellation Leo. While the season says winter now, there is a warmer thought. Leo is a constellation we associate with spring. Not far from the moon there is the bright star Regulus, the brightest star in the constellation.

It is a welcome thought, that our full moon each month appears in the constellation of the season ahead.

In an unusual year-over-year increase, enrollment at Martha’s Vineyard Regional High School rose 10 per cent this year.

Bill Eville, writer, mentor and creator of the Vineyard Gazette’s weekly newsletter The Notebook, has been named editor of the Gazette. Ethan Genter is news editor.