As proponents of a Martha’s Vineyard housing bank seek support for an Island-specific initiative, Nantucket has been working to pass some kind of housing bank legislation since 2016, with the latest version currently stalled on Beacon Hill.

A proposal to create a Martha’s Vineyard housing bank appears to be headed to voters in the spring after the Edgartown and West Tisbury select boards agreed this week to put a revised version of the article on their annual town meeting warrants.

After five terms as Cape and Islands district attorney, Michael O’Keefe announced Wednesday he would not seek a sixth term of office.

The Martha’s Vineyard Land Bank reported revenues of $597,210 for the business week ending on Friday, Dec. 31, 2021.

Tara and Calving Kaeka, of Edgartown, announce the birth of a son, Oliver Morris Kaeka, born on Dec. 29 at the Martha’s Vineyard Hospital. Oliver weighed 8 pounds, 10 ounces at birth.

Muskeget Island is a small scrap of land roughly a mile long, half a mile wide, sitting a few miles west of Nantucket.

The following is the preamble to the West Tisbury zoning bylaw amendment drafted by the Preserve West Tisbury committee.

From the Jan. 11, 1929 edition of the Gazette:

As the Island moves into deep winter and employment opportunities become scarce, numerous organizations step up each season to help with food insecurity and isolation issues.

The Covid-19 pandemic has proved to be an artistic springboard for the Martha’s Vineyard Playhouse, which is about to present new work online, beginning Jan. 10.