There were no obvious external wounds on the whale, which was found washed up on the island over the weekend.

Little House Cafe in Vineyard Haven is changing hands, names and menus this winter.

A total of 20 students from Martha’s Vineyard earned recognition for their work in this year’s Scholastic Art and Writing Awards, an annual statewide competition since 1923.

Electric candles flickered on tables at the The Loft Saturday evening, as members of the Scottish Society and aficionados of Scottish culture gathered for the annual celebration of Burns Nicht.

Burns Nicht commemorates Robert Burns, the 18th-century poet regarded as the bard of Scotland. It is held each year on Jan. 25, his birthday. The anniversary has been honored on Martha’s Vineyard for 38 years, hosted by the Scottish Society of Martha’s Vineyard.

Joseph LaCivita, currently the general manager of Watervliet, N.Y., will start on March 3. The select board unanimously picked Mr. LaCivita to succeed longtime administrator John Grande, who left in December.

At a pair of public hearings, some hunters gave their support to running the annual deer hunting season into January to reduce the Island's deer population. Others focused on different measures, such as allowing hunting on Sundays.

The West Tisbury select board voted 2-1 last week to allow the annual event, but said the festival could have no more than 300 attendees – less than half of what the festival had hoped for.

Rising enrollment at the newly-renovated Tisbury School is helping to drive a 17 per cent increase in the school’s operating budget for fiscal year 2026, which begins July 1 of this year.

The school committee certified the nearly $10.8 million budget last week, clearing the way for the Tisbury select board and the financial and advisory committee to review the spending plan. The budget will have to be approved at town meeting. 

Romane Andre Clayton, 22, of New Haven, was sentenced by U.S. District Court Judge William Young to four years in prison for his role in the 2022 robbery.

Stepping into the new year, the Steamship Authority has a lot on its plate, from filling its top two positions to balancing the shifting travel patterns.