The regional high school track and field team is hosting an April Fool’s day-ish 5K run on April 9.

As the Martha’s Vineyard business community begins to climb back on its feet, including the multi-million-dollar wedding industry, Big Sky Tents is planning for expansion.

The seventh grade boys basketball team capped a 20-2 season with a second place finish at the state tournament.

The high school chess team recently tied with Dartmouth High School as co-champions at the South Cape Interscholastic Chess League finals.

The Oak Bluffs zoning board of appeals settled a dispute over the use of land owned by Goodale Construction Company Thursday night

State Rep. Dylan Fernandes faced a barrage of criticism from county officials last week for poor communication.

Tonight’s full moon is called the Mud Moon on the Vineyard. The moon is in the constellation Virgo, not far from the constellation’s brightest star Spica. There are no planets to view in the evening sky which gives the moon even greater importance.

In other communities, the moon is called the Worm Moon. Worms are still dormant in this latitude. Mud is more familiar in March than worms, hence the name.

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West Tisbury’s new poet laureate is Tain Leonard-Peck, whose appointment was confirmed by the select board Wednesday afternoon.

Contractors are moving in for the two-year, $53 million renovation and addition at the Tisbury School.

The pivotal question of whether to create a Martha’s Vineyard housing bank is on the table as annual town meetings and elections draw near.