A strong sense of local history was omnipresent as local Wampanoag leaders at an Indigenous People's Day event at Felix Neck spoke about the painful history of colonialism and genocide that the tribe has endured.

A Secret Service employee stationed on Martha’s Vineyard has been suspended from his post after he was charged with criminal harassment and witness intimidation in Edgartown District Court Thursday.

An Oak Bluffs man is facing gun possession charges after he was found with a revolver in the parking lot of a funeral home Saturday.

Women took to the streets on Saturday not in protest but in celebration for the fifth annual Ladyfest music festival.

Emily Post, longtime seasonal resident of Edgartown, was known on the Island as much for her gardens as her book Etiquette. Her great-great-granddaughter, Lizzie Post breathes new life into the iconic text.

The girls soccer team has been building an identity since the two-a-day practices of summer. It’s an identity that new head coach Matt Malowski calls small soccer, putting the good of the team above all.

The Island community celebrated Charlie Esposito, the recipient of the 39th annual Creative Living Award, at a ceremony at the Grange Hall which featured a reunion concert by his band TCD.

In a wide-ranging meeting, the Martha’s Vineyard Commission listened to public comment and continued hearings on a slate of proposed projects, including the Safe Harbor Marinas expansion plan.

The Martha’s Vineyard Commission was hit with another lawsuit this week, this time from the owners of a historic West Chop house.

A Dukes County Superior Court jury deliberated just two hours Friday before clearing well-known Island surgeon Dr. Pieter Pil of medical malpractice.

The verdict came in a case brought by Oak Bluffs businessman Choying Rangdol, alleging that Dr. Pil was negligent in treating Mr. Rangdol's post-operative bleeding following an appendectomy eight years ago.