Oak Bluffs is seeking permission from the Martha's Vineyard Commission to reinforce the eroding East Chop bluff.

With the frigid temperatures returning this week, Harbor Homes is implementing its daytime warming shelters for the second time this winter.

The Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement lifted a suspension order Friday that initially prevented the construction and operation of the more than 800-feet tall turbines. One turbine is currently sending power to the mainland.

The Tisbury zoning board of appeals will host a Chapter 40B presentation on Wednesday, Jan. 22 at 4 p.m.

Dermatologist Dr. Michael Bigby is retiring after 35 years of providing care on the Island. On Friday, family, friends and colleagues gathered at Martha’s Vineyard Hospital to celebrate him.

The West Tisbury historic district commission asked the select board to consider putting an article on the upcoming annual town meeting warrant that would create a new Mill Pond committee.  

The new Chilmark preschool will not be ready for the start of the 2025-2026 school year as previously planned, potentially forcing changes at the Chilmark elementary school. 

There are so many visible planets in our night sky. Step out into the early evening sky and you can get a view of most of them. Venus is low in the southwestern sky, next to it is the bright planet Saturn.

Look higher in the sky for Jupiter, unmistakable, the brightest visible planet other than Venus. Look to the east for the bright red planet Mars, now closer to the Earth than at any time in the last two years.

A four-person committee of Steamship Authority governing board and port council members will interview four executive search firms for the job of finding a new general manager to replace Robert Davis.

The Edgartown Police Department is encouraging pet owners to keep a watchful eye after a dog was bitten by a coyote last week.